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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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Amexclusive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: am ex kloooooo siv
Sentence: After yesterday's debacls at Metro's Mouthwatering Diner, she decided she couldn't touch anything green for a long time. She went amexclusive.
Etymology: Amex, exclusive
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COMMENTS:
lol! great sentence and word. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:00:00
great combo Galway - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-13: 10:43:00
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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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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
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."
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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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)
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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Nodough
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nohdoh
Sentence: Chris read a report about the germs and drug residue that is often a part of paper money. At that point he declared his household to be a nodough zone. Now he's read an article about the danger of handling certain types of plastic. He's considering a switch to bartering if he can just verify the bacteria-free nature of chickens and goats. Good luck!
Etymology: no (dissent, denial, or refusal) + dough (money)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James