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DEFINITION: v., To believe you're saving money by buying things which are on sale even if you don't really want or need them. n., A person who believes they are saving their money whenever they buy something on sale.
Verboticisms
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Bargainbasedbent
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bar/gan/based/bent
Sentence: Sue was so bargainbasedbent that she planned her holidays around closing sales.
Etymology: bargain + based + bent (determined) + bargain basement
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COMMENTS:
Hell hath no fury like a woman at a bargain counter! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-16: 21:45:00
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Dealusional
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/loo/shun/al
Sentence: Bart was completely dealusional and continued to stockpile worthless 'bargains'.
Etymology: deal + delusion
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-16: 18:55:00
It's the real deal, Stevo! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-16: 21:41:00
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Buckschmuck
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: buck-shmuck
Sentence: Bob is such a buckschmuck - he thinks paying more for a supersized meal is such a bargain, when all it does is empty his wallet AND make him a lard ass.
Etymology: Buck: slang for dollar + Schmuck: an idiot or fool
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COMMENTS:
As Frank Moore Colby said: "The more food there is in the worls, the more fools will be feed." Like your word heaps! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-16: 21:56:00
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Fantasale
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: FAN-ta-sale
Sentence: Karen labored under the fantasale that she was being frugal by buying all of the remaining Halloween candy in November and then freezing it for next year. Sadly it never stayed frozen long enough to be handed out.
Etymology: Fantasy + sale
Fallashop
Created by: aleximrie
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jane's boyfriend was slowly going mad. Jane's constant fallashopping was really eating into their savings.
Etymology: fallacy + shop
Barloss
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: bahr-los
Sentence: The fifty pound bag of dog food Mary bought on sale was a barloss, considering she had two cats.
Etymology: Bargain: ME bargaynen - an advantageous purchase. + Loss: OE los - at a financial loss.
Invesdementia
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: ĭn-věs-dĭ-měn'-shə
Sentence: Aunt Martha spent most of her waking hours watching the Home Shopping Network, in a state of invesdementia, calling in to buy things like gaudy jewelry and shoes, even though she'll never wear them, since she never leaves her apartment. On her fixed income, her practice of 'trickle-away economics' will eventually leave Martha debtstitute.
Etymology: investment "the act of spending or devoting funds for future advantage or benefit" (Latin, investīre) + dementia (Latin, dēmentia "madness")
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COMMENTS:
Aunt Martha is such a 'Super-sHSNopper' that the hostesses all know her voice, and the operators all have shortcuts on their ordering terminals to enter her credit card number. - Tigger, 2007-11-18: 23:44:00
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Twoferninny
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: toō fər nin ē
Sentence: Janene is truly a twoferninny. Say the word sale and her eyes light up. Mention "half off" and she may swoon. It doesn't matter that she doesn't need it, if it is a bargain, consider it bought. Just last week she was practically giddy as she saved a huge bundle of cash on two gallons (a twofer) of kumquat juice.
Etymology: twofer (an item or offer that comprises two items but is sold for the price of one) + ninny (a foolish person)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-15: 11:50:00
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Sellorburnvictim
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: sell-or-burn-vick-tum
Sentence: Joan couldn't walk by the bargain bin near the entrance of a store without throwing a casual glance its way. Quicker than you can say "everything must go" Joanie would be up to her elbows in retail detritus, finding things that she believed to be real treasure...until she got them home.
Etymology: Sell or burn tables are the last-chance oasis for rejected items. Combined with burn victim.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by joelb. Thank you joelb! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by joelb. Thank you joelb. ~ James