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DEFINITION: v. To exclusively use credit cards, debit cards and/or electronic banking in order to avoid using, or even touching, old fashioned cash. n. A person who never pays for anything using real money.
Verboticisms
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Visaonary
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: Vee/za/on/ar/ee
Sentence: Sam was considered a visaonary who heralded a world full of plastic and credit.
Etymology: Visa + visionary
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COMMENTS:
master(ard)ful! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-13: 08:15:00
love the implied 'now you see it, now you don't' by incorporating visionary in your etymology. Excellent create. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:52:00
Brief, concise and to the point. Excellent word. - Mustang, 2009-03-14: 00:36:00
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Debtcardholder
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: DEBT card HOL der
Sentence: John had gone from debit and credit cardholder to debtcardholder over a few short months. It felt like extra money. He never used cash but he always carried some on him. He ate in restaurants...used his credit card...checked his wallet...still had cash. He bought gifts for his wife...used his credit card...checked his wallet...still had cash. He bought groceries...used his debit card...checked his wallet...still had cash. It was amazing how these magical cards had stretched his paycheck. But soon he was not allowed to use any of the cards anymore because they had all become debtcards. So now he had to get more of them to help him pay his payments on these ones.
Etymology: DEBIT CARD HOLDER: DEBT:
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COMMENTS:
Really good word Kateinkorea! "debtcardholder", makes logical sense to me! So many fools out there acquiring tons of debt and charging away instead using cash! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 19:17:00
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Cardiologicist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: car/dio/loj/i/sist
Sentence: Steve knew in his heart and in his mind that credit was the most logical way to do business. He was a cardiologicist.
Etymology: card + logicist + cardiologist
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COMMENTS:
Super clever sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:09:00
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Debtmintor
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: debt-mint-or
Sentence: Charlie had his very own debtmintor growing up. Daddy taught him well!
Etymology: debt + u.s. mint + mentor
Plasdeceptikon
Created by: kalex
Pronunciation: Plas-dee-sep-tick-awn
Sentence: Soon enough there will be plasdeceptikons who have never even seen money. With the end of paper money, plasdeceptikons will rule the world! Ah-ha ha ha ha!(sinister laugh)
Etymology: Taken from words of the future
Spendshift
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: spend-shift
Sentence: Gabe's wife, Myrtle, loved to tell her friends that he had become a devoted spendshift, having arranged to have both their paychecks deposited directly to their banking accounts, doing all his bill paying on line and making all purchases with credit or debit cards, thereby avoiding any contact with actual cash which he considered to be antiquated and beneath him.
Etymology: Blend of spend and shift, a play on the word spendthrift.
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COMMENTS:
Spendshift and exchange day (slang term frequently used for pay day) go so well together. Superb pun and a terrific create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:58:00
Excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-03-14: 22:27:00
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Robberdinero
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rob ber dee ner o
Sentence: Robbie's Dad, Robert, hated touching cash. He thought the bills and coins were full of germs. Robbie and his friends nicknamed him robberdinero, because, to be franc, he had no yen to handle the filthy lucre. "Although you are a sterling character,You know euro-verdrawn at the bank?", his son reminded him. His father replied, "If yuan your allowance, you will have to get a debit card and make your mark on the world of finance." Robbie had a ruble-ation and went to pound on doors to get a job. His father is headed for the Loonie bin.
Etymology: Robber (a thief who steals from someone) & Dinero (informal terms for money) and a play on Robert DeNiro (actor...famous for the line, "Are you talking to me"???)
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COMMENTS:
Funny! That must have taken some thought! - karenanne, 2010-09-24: 08:05:00
It's just my two bits' worth... - Nosila, 2010-09-24: 23:57:00
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Eragan
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: air-a-gan
Sentence: Started off as ERAGONE, as I thought Reagan was spelled Reagon...after realizing I was wrong, I switched to ERAGAN, a pitiful substitute...How about ERAGAN, the combination Debit and Scratch N Sniff card offered by First Polymer Bank?
Etymology: A poor acronym for REAGAN, the President of the US, who arrived in DC for his first term in 1980 and was reported to have said, when asked for cash instead of plastic, "I haven't used cash for years."
Buckstopper
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: buk stop per
Sentence: Let's be Franc...Mark had a Yen to use plastic. He liked it so much because he did not have to dirty his hands with cash. He would Peso himself spending by only charging items. He would not Baht an eye at high service fees and comPound interest rates. His friends called him Robert Dinero...
Etymology: Buck (dollar in slang) & Stopper (to no longer use or be part of)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James