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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.
Verboticisms
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Surreptistash
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Sur - REP - tuh - stash
Sentence: Beatrice didnt want to risk losing the bargain on the shoes so she decided to carefully surreptistash them behind the stack of shirts for the big and tall guys.
Etymology: Surreptitious (sneaky) + Stash (hide)
Hideaway
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: hahyd-uh-wey
Sentence: Josh decided to hideaway the last Linkin Park CD with the John Denver CD's so he could come back for it later.
Etymology: Hide: to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret. + Away: from Layaway - a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.
Shopblock
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: shop-block
Sentence: I went shopping and found something fabulous, alas I had no money. I had to shopblock the other customers by hiding it.
Etymology: like cockblock
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
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)
Stashtillcash
Created by: jeatyet
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'll stashtillcash this sweater and come back for it later.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Your word grouping is right on the definition. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-04: 12:30:00
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Dresspionage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dress/pee/on/aj
Sentence: Sally was so desperate to buy the last prom dress in her size that she had to use a little dresspionage and hide it under some pilate's balls until she could come back and purchase it.
Etymology: dress + espionage
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-26: 18:53:00
haha! hits the mark! - freakystyley, 2007-12-26: 23:32:00
Like the furtive nature of this word and the way it rolls off the tongue. Very nice word. - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:41:00
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Coverupnecesstuff
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: cove-er-uup-nes-ses-stuf
Sentence: She had to coverupnecesstuff the things she wanted as she didn't have enough money to buy them at the moment.
Etymology: cover up:to hide + nessecary:needed or wanted + stuff:objects
Stowaware
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: stoh-a-wair
Sentence: Bob was the bane of booksellers, carefully stowawaring much-sought-after or rare editions for later purchase.
Etymology: With "stowaway" in mind, based on STOW: to conceal and WARE: goods for sale.
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COMMENTS:
PS: YES, I am guilty of stowawaring! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-26: 04:22:00
good one! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-26: 07:07:00
Clever! Right on the meaning! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:39:00
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Sequestershop
Created by: maryamwebster
Pronunciation: see-QWE-ster-shop
Sentence: I had my eye on a great pair of Manolo Blahnik's, but had to sequestershop them so I could run to the ATM.
Etymology: sequester = to hide away shop = the act of shopping
