Verboticisms

Created by: kitkat1995

Pronunciation: fake-hoped

Sentence: I have been fakehoped into a credit card last year, now Im stuck in debts.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: skam-wow

Sentence: Having been hammered over and over by a recent infomercial about a wipe cloth, wheneven Heathcliffe would see ads of any kind for those 'too good to be true' products or services he would involuntarily shout "Scamwow!", oftentimes startling people near him.

Etymology: Blend of scam and the exclamation'wow', a play on Shamwow, a commercially advertised product.

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: SPAM SCAM

Sentence: I couldn't believe it when I got an email that said "The Perfect Man Dating Site". I hate spam mail and I usually ignore it. But this one had come into my Inbox, so I convinced myself that maybe it had been sent to me by a friend. It advertised that only 10% of the members were women and the rest were good, decent, successful men all looking for women. They were having a contest to encourage more women to join these poor (um...but not poor) lonely men on this site. So of course I went on to the website and joined. This was worse than spam it was spamscam. It was one of the worst ever rip-offs. I visited the site several times over the next week. Later I got a bill for $548. I hadn't read through the terms of membership (in my haste) and now I owed this place money for having looked at these profiles.

Etymology: SPAM: unwanted mail SCAM: trick to cheat someone out of something or into something

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COMMENTS:

Turned out to be a very expensive date! - Mustang, 2009-02-24: 19:00:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: feylout

Sentence: Denise was excited to get another "special" credit card offer. How could she turn it down? She was pre-approved. One more piece of plastic, one more failout...

Etymology: fail (to fall short of success) + bailout (an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially)

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: uh-sceem-uh-tuh-rihp-u

Sentence: The Blandit Brothers knew Disney litigators were on the way, but they were going to get away with it as long as they could. The BBs were sending the song to cell phones with voice-over promises that budding American Idiots could have a direct link to Simon Coward. Here was the song and lyrics played in the background: Aschemataripu! What a wonderful phrase... Aschemataripu! Ain't no passing craze... It means no worries For the rest of your days It's our problem-free philosophy Aschemataripu!

Etymology: A direct rip off from "Hakuna Matata," a song from Disney's The Lion King!

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Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: mail-FEEZ-ance

Sentence: The cell phone contract that I "won" seems to be a case of mailfeasance.

Etymology: mail + malfeasance

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: len DAYN jer

Sentence: Aiyo Yu keeps getting calls from PityBank (motto: "We Want to Help You Feel Forever In Our Debt") offering her the "opportunity" to roll her balances on other cards "free of charge" into the card she holds from this particular company. She also gets mailings from the same company inviting her to apply for various-sized loans that would pay off all her debts and give her "just one convenient monthly payment." These lendangering practices are helping a lot - helping PityBank, that is. She doesn't seem to realize that rolling all your outstanding debts into one payment is only helpful if you actually pay down the balance every month, and don't run up new balances. Most of her paycheck is a lendangered species at this point.

Etymology: endanger + lend

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COMMENTS:

An all-too familiar tale, sadly! - Nosila, 2010-09-07: 21:10:00

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Created by: feltcap

Pronunciation: 'spen-dər'lä-kĕn'

Sentence: Their offer sounded enticing - she was spenderlochen, after agreeing to the terms of the contract she had to accept the loan, but she was still somewhat unsure of what she would have to do to pay back the debt.

Etymology: spender - one who spends prodigally, lochen (german) - to punch holes in OR to entice, also sounds like spender-lock-in

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SKAM-wow

Sentence: Having been hammered over and over by a recent infomercial about a wipe cloth, whenever Radcliffe would see ads of any kind for those 'too good to be true' products or services he would involuntarily shout "Scamwow!", oftentimes startling people near him.

Etymology: Blend of 'scam' (con game with phony offers) and the exclamation 'wow',(expressing joy or surprise) a play on Shamwow, a former commercially advertised product.

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: bayt mayl

Sentence: Perhaps every money business spends millions on baitmail, because it allows them to reel in big bucks. The minute you bite, they give you the bait and switch. They switch to arisenterest, feemonsters, and so many numerous damnold-trumped-up-charges, you'll think you've been held up ... and measured up as the biggest sucker of all!

Etymology: BAIT, MAIL is a also a form of HATE MAIL. /// Bait - any enticement used to lure or attract. Mail -anything sent thru the postal system. Hate mail - malevolent mail; also mail we strongly dislike getting.

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COMMENTS:

Song of the Day: Mr. Postman, Send Me A Dream! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 01:07:00

I like it. - kateinkorea, 2009-02-24: 07:57:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 09:19:00

Good word...A cute guy might be baitmale, especially if he's under age! - Nosila, 2009-02-24: 22:01:00

Baitmail won't fit in an envelope ... baitmales are found in a totally different baitsite on the endearnot! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-25: 02:37:00

wonderful word, describes the situation exactly. - rombus, 2009-02-25: 15:53:00

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