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DEFINITION: v. intr. To quietly and politely ignore a cashier's mistake when they scan in a barcode on item you are purchasing and the price is much lower than it should be.
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Scanscam
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: scan/scam
Sentence: A scanscam sometimes reduced the regular price by 90%.
Etymology: scan + scam
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COMMENTS:
This word is fun to say. - Clayton, 2007-06-28: 15:40:00
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Facesaving
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: face-saving
Sentence: Su-Ellen paid for her holiday with facesavings collected over the preceding months at the cash-n-carry.
Etymology: saving (as in face, preventing someone from feeling stupid) + savings (as in cash in the bank)
Misscanlarceny
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: miss scan lar sinny
Sentence: As the checker committed misscanlarceny he chucked; the TV was misspriced at $29.95.
Etymology: miss-go wide of the mark scan - using automatic checking machine larceny - theft
Underlook
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: uhn-der-LOOK
Sentence: Jill underlooked the minor error. Two bucks for an espresso machine seemed reasonable enough.
Etymology: under + overlook
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - ErWenn, 2007-06-28: 23:26:00
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Scannydipping
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: scan-ee-dip-ing
Sentence: nothing gave her greater pleasure than a bit of scannydipping at the supermarket on a warm summers day.
Etymology: scan, skinny dip
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COMMENTS:
She was also known as Buffy the Scanliar. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-28: 09:50:00
Was it coinciental that she was buying Jamie Oliver's complete Naked Chef series? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-28: 11:30:00
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Mumdown
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: MUM-down
Sentence: George mumdowned as his new plasma screen TV rang up over 800 dollars less than it should have been.
Etymology: Mum, as in silent, and markdown.
Reconsmile
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rek/on/smyle
Sentence: When the cashier scanned through the big screen TV as a vegomatic, Dave had no other option but to reconsmile.
Etymology: reconcile (comply) + smile
Ignurchase
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ih-g-n-ur-ch-uh-s
Sentence: As they say ignurchase is bliss, even if your only saving a few cents.
Etymology: ignore+purchase
Clevdick
Created by: thewisediviner
Pronunciation: as it is written
Sentence: tracy knew she was being a clevdick, when she saw that the ham she bought was marked $1.99, when it should have been $11.99, as she sidled away from the cashier nonchalantly.
Etymology: clever + what a dick!
Dishonesave
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: diss-hon-eh-save
Sentence: She knew she would pay twice the price in hell for being a frequent dishonesaver but it just felt too good.
Etymology: dishonest + save
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James