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DEFINITION: To sacrifice your health, your family, and even a few friends to money, only to discover that money doesn't like you.
Verboticisms
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Contemptation
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: con - tem - tation
Sentence: Arnold decided to leave the monastery to pursue a life of contemptation.
Etymology: Contempt + temptation
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COMMENTS:
Great word, I've thought of it, too, a few months ago and as Erin McKean told me in her TechTalk video, that I ought to tell the other inventors about this mysterious mental connection, I googled this page, so greetings from Germany. (I think we also feel contemptation then drinking contemptatious alcoholic stuff, or when smoking, though I don't.) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7548057564471419291 - entryfee, 2007-11-03: 19:35:00
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Avaricersion
Created by: marnee4nothin
Pronunciation: a-vaer-ies-er-shon
Sentence: though Penny attended the debs ball she found that her new wealth didn't protect her from the avaricersion of the other debs.
Etymology: avarice + aversion
Buckwit
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: buk-wit
Sentence: it had suddenly become obvious to everyone that Travis was a total buckwit
Etymology: buck[as in cash], f*ckwit
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COMMENTS:
snigger! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-09: 04:14:00
ha, wish I'd thought of it! got my vote! - remistram, 2007-08-09: 09:08:00
i think i'll be using this one in conversation! Nice one...though i may have to reserve my voting if you keep going so well! xo - marnee4nothin, 2007-08-09: 23:39:00
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Monsacdis
Created by: kellii3
Pronunciation: mon sac dis
Sentence: he gave up every thing only to discover that monsacdis was goin to happen and there was no way out of it .
Etymology: mon - money sac - sacrifice dis - discovery
Debtmagnet
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: debt-mag-net
Sentence: Friendless Fred was a debtmagnet despite (or because of) his unwavering quest for riches.
Etymology: chickmagnet + debt
Cashstration
Created by: elron
Pronunciation: cash-stra-shun
Sentence: Lew had given up everything to win the lottery, but cashstration set in and he ended up homeless.
Etymology: cash + castration
Greedgret
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: greed-gret
Sentence: Bob had a split second to feel greedgret when his 200 lb. collection of rare coins fell off the shelf and hit him soundly on the head.
Etymology: greed, regret
Billaria
Created by: Paradox
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Well, I liked him until he started suffering from extreme billaria."
Etymology:
Parishiltality
Created by: mythman
Pronunciation: pair-iss-hil-TAHL-ih-tee
Sentence: The gossip-mags are searching for the next celeb to commit a ParisHiltalty.
Etymology: "Paris Hilton" (who's cut herself and her siblings from the family fortune), and "fatality"
Nicmac
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation:
Sentence: why did you nicmac,your so mean you just broke my heart
Etymology:
Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2007-08-09: 18:13:00
Have a friend who turns his "f" sounds into "b"s. So you've got my vote. Good word.
OZZIEBOB - 2007-08-09: 18:14:00
Have a friend who turns his "f" sounds into "b"s. So you've got my vote. Good word.