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'I'll hide these Alligator Pumps with the Crocs'

DEFINITION: To find something you really want in a shop, but then, since you cannot buy it immediately, to hide it so that no one else will get it.

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Stashtillcash

Created by: jeatyet

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'll stashtillcash this sweater and come back for it later.

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COMMENTS:

Your word grouping is right on the definition. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-04: 12:30:00

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Hideandgosneak

Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: hiyd and go sneek

Sentence: While shopping, Martha hid the 90% discounted high-end purse in a pile of stale, leftover Christmas candy. With some luck, she'd be able to run home and grab the gift card she forgot. She's a regular hideandgosneaker.

Etymology: hide and go seek, sneak

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Filchnik

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: filch - neek

Sentence: Guess I better fichnik these sneakers before somebody else sees them, so I can buy them when I have the money.

Etymology: filchnik: filch and sneak + filchnik

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Cashmerouflage

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kazh-meer'-uh-flahzh/

Sentence: The red cashmere sweater was perfect and the New Year's sale would last until Sunday, but Sue's credit card was already maxed out and payday was still two days away, so she cashmeroflaged it with the summer dresses, where hopefully nobody would find it before she could buy it.

Etymology: cashmere - the fine, downy wool of the Kashmir goat (old spelling of Kashmir) + camouflage - a device or stratagem used for concealment (French, from camoufler, to disguise)

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