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DEFINITION: n. The desire to convert items with sentimental value, like antique hand-crafted jewelery, back into the raw material, like gold bullion, to access its commercial value. v. To cash in something with sentimental value.
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Preciousmeltalls
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: presh us melt alls
Sentence: The current economic down turn left Rob crash strapped for cash. Thus, unscentimetal Rob was a cold fish on a gold fish. Rob stole his sleeping wife Goldie's gold nose ring, gold ear and nose studs, gold wedding ring, and all her other golden chains, too. His ultimate goald, was to cash in these preciousmeltalls at the smelting jeweler's shop.
Etymology: PRECIOUS METALS, PRECIOUS, MELT, ALL. Precious metals - usually means the precious elements of gold, silver, and platinum. Precious - much loved, highly valued, and worth a lot of money. Melt - to use heat to change from a solid state to a liquid state; a way to liquidate precious metals for cash. All - the whole quantity of things (gold jewelry) involved. /// Unscentimetal is a blending of unscentimental and metal. /// (Ultimate) Goald is a blending of goal and gold.
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-08: 13:20:00
Love it! We are not worthy, you have a AUra! - Nosila, 2009-04-08: 23:29:00
Did Rob live near a silver mine? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:35:00
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Pawnder
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: pahn-der
Sentence: Prudence wondered exactly what her husband, Frivolous, meant when she asked where her precious jewels had gone. He said, "I'll have to pawnder that for a while."
Etymology: A play on PONDER, to think about carefully + PAWN, something given to another as security for a loan; other uses: pawndering (n.) Ex: When Prudence found the receipt from Hock N Pocket she knew her precious jewels were the reason for Frivolous's nightly pawndering.
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COMMENTS:
Ex-sell-ent! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-08: 07:27:00
Old FRIV was full of bullion, EH? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:39:00
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Feltchemy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: felt kem mee
Sentence: Georgia was horrified to come home and find that her husband, Nat had taken all her antique, fine gold jewellery and placed it in a saucepan to try and melt it down into gold ingots. "What kind of feltchemy are you practising?" she lamented. "Relax, Precious", he smirked..."I am just cooking up some Karat soup for us"!
Etymology: Felt (to feel;to have sensed) & Alchemy (ancient chemistry practice to try and change base metals into gold)
Plunderwear
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pləndərwer
Sentence: Joan inherited some very nice jewelry from her mother. She cherished the memories that it evoked. Her husband only saw it as plunderwear, something to be cashed in at the slightest provocation.
Etymology: plunder (steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder) + underwear (clothing worn under other clothes, typically next to the skin)
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COMMENTS:
I wonder if this is one of Victoria's Secrets? - Mustang, 2009-04-08: 09:44:00
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Nostalchemy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: nos/tal/kemy
Sentence: Times were tough so Sally and Sam resorted to nostalchemy after rummaging through the house to find anything with traces of base metals. They finally drew the line at pulling filled teeth.
Etymology: nostalgia (sentimental yearning) + alchemy (medieval chemistry seeking to turn base metals into gold)
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COMMENTS:
your reactive attractive verbotomy has great chemistry! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-08: 07:24:00
Great word! - Mustang, 2009-04-08: 09:43:00
You turn words into gold! - Nosila, 2009-04-08: 23:30:00
ROTFLOL!You always come through with comedy and much to say with so few words~ :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 06:52:00
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Rawlove
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: R-aw-luv
Sentence: Alex was overcome with rawlove when he saw the price of gold go over $1000 an ounce, knowing that 5 of his 6 teeth had gold caps on them! He immediately used a pliers to yank them off and melted them in an old cast iron pan over the hobo barrel.
Etymology: Raw (basic, elemental materials) + love (desire, want)
Scentometal
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sentəmetl
Sentence: It was bad enough that Henry had insomnia. After being bombarded by at least a dozen late-night ”Cash-for-Gold” commercials he now has scentometal fever. His wife had to put her foot down when he tried to hock her grandmother’s dentures. ”I don’t care that she loves soup, she can’t gum the rest.”
Etymology: scent (a distinctive smell, esp. one that is pleasant) + metal (a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity) from sentimental
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COMMENTS:
zinc i like it - galwaywegian, 2010-10-21: 18:23:00
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Ingostalgia
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ing-go-stal-jah
Sentence: Her severe case of ingostalgia resulted in the creation of a new soup recipe, gold bullion mixed with beef bullion - bon appetit!
Etymology: ingot (as in chunk of gold or metal) + nostalgia
Sentimentalsedimented
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: sen-ti-men-tal-sed-i-ment-ed
Sentence: Tiffany Winston couldn't catch her breath and was heart broken, when she realized her husband Harry Winston had "sentimentalsedimented" all of her precious antique gold heirlooms she had inherited from her Grandmother's estate. Tiffany went on to explain, that one single piece of the jewelery he had just "sentimentalsedimented" was valued at over 1.5 million at Sotheby's with what she was willing to part with and had already had it catalogued to be auctioned...but now Harry had turned all of her sentimental jewelry into a glob of sediment worth far le$$ money!
Etymology: Sentimental; Marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism,resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought (a sentimental attachment) or (a sentimental favorite) Sedimented; To settle to the bottom in a liquid,to deposit sediment. (added "ed"); to show the act of melting to achieve a $ediment.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-04-08: 07:35:00
Your mind took this golden opportunity, mined the definition and cartoon, and smelted it all down for all it was worth!
silveryaspen - 2009-04-08: 07:37:00
Shoot - got into the wrong box by mistake.
silveryaspen - 2009-04-08: 07:40:00
On second thought - that compliment is also very fitting for Metro's creating this definition and James' cartoon!
I feel some guilt creating a def AND a word, but i really don't have anything premeditated... i'm just a verbosoldier in the verbototrenches - and i never vote for myself..... i'm not worthy. But i really love all you guys - you all raise the standard! And i really appreciate the factoid that thee are no spammers or hostile minds to contend with. we are indeed fortunate. The James Gang deserves some kind of cyber-medal... and you all do too! In Peace and Harmony and Conservation of our Precious bodily fluids.... I thank you all!
Thank you for the kind and funny words -- especially the ones made from your melted-down memories. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James