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DEFINITION: v. To offer pre-approved credit, loans or sweepstake prizes in order to lock the some poor sucker into permanent usury. n. Junk mail, spam or telemarketing offers for pre-approved credit and loans.
Verboticisms
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Debtbillitation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: det/bil/i/tay/shun
Sentence: Offering credit cards to students who have just incurred huge loans is debtbillitation and shouldn't be allowed.
Etymology: debt + bill + debilitation (enfeebling)
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COMMENTS:
I think they should make that a real word! - kateinkorea, 2009-02-24: 07:55:00
Terrific! - TJayzz, 2009-02-24: 10:43:00
Owe! Owe! Good One! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 14:41:00
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Scamwow
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.
Pawnfree
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Paw-n-fr-ee
Sentence: Now that the credit crunch is well under way many people will be forced to turn to buying on credit from those pawn-free credit offers. This means that you are entitled to free gifts and 0% for the first six months, then when you are completely hooked the rate goes up to 19% therefore having great difficulty keeping up the repayments.
Etymology: Pawn(a person who is used by others for their own purposes) + Free(Something given for nothing. OR IS IT???)
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COMMENTS:
pawnfree, as free as the wind blows - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 09:18:00
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Blondissue
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: blond issss ew
Sentence: The bank offered a blondissue which, if you didn't read the small print, was to dye for.
Etymology: bond issue, blonde
Mailfeasance
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
Failout
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)
Wotsmineisjaws
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: whats-myne-iz-jawz
Sentence: "Eehh! No praablem, wotsmineisjaws" uttered Rodrigo as he handed the crisp new fifty dollar bills over to his desperate customer. "But you know the score man, it's a nickel on the dollar for every day you owe me...RIGHT!".
Etymology: The words of a loan shark.
Owemen
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: o men
Sentence: Carol could not believe her luck. She had gotten in her mailbox the chance to get a pre-approved credit card. It was low interest (2%) for the first 3 months and then ballooned to 30% after that. She wanted to apply, but talked to her Mom first. Her Mom made her rip up the offer and chuck it away. She told her such a come-on was an owemen...she would owe men money for the rest of her days if she signed up!
Etymology: Owe (be in debt) & Men (people) and play on Omen (a prediction of your future)
Flimflamscamjam
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flimflamskamjam
Sentence: Trudy found herself paying for one credit card with the next one. She couldn't wait for the mail to deliver the next pre-approved offer. She was in a complete flimflanscamjam. Her financial plan can be compared to fire walking. If she hesitates at all she is gonna get burned.
Etymology: flimflam (a confidence game) + scam (a dishonest scheme; a fraud) + jam (an awkward situation or predicament)
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COMMENTS:
This is one of those "Can't say it 10 times fast" words. - wayoffcenter, 2009-02-24: 07:19:00
New idea for a sammich: Peanut butter and flimflam jam. Good word! - Mustang, 2009-02-24: 19:02:00
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Mortalgage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mort/al/age
Sentence: The sales pitch and the rates were good we decided to lock into a 60 year mortalgage.
Etymology: MORTALGAGE - from MORTAL + MORTGAGE or MORTAL + ENGAGE
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COMMENTS:
very clever - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 08:59:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-02-24: 08:20:00
The thanks should go to my hubby who doesn't play, but loves to hear the defs!
Well lets give thanks to your hubby. Sounds like he has lots of good ideas! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James