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Fiscalcuffs
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: fiss-cul-cufs
Sentence: when the electricity bill arrived he knew they were in for another round of fiscalcuffs
Etymology: fiscal, fisticuffs
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COMMENTS:
sounds like a late night frisky treasury meeting - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-16: 16:20:00
Better than those darn French cuffs, that's for sure. - Osomatic, 2007-07-16: 23:09:00
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Tiffinance
Created by: r0b0tj0n3z
Pronunciation: tiff-in-inse
Sentence: Having a tiffinance is always about the money.
Etymology: tiff, finance
Billibuster
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bill/i/bust/ur
Sentence: Jill was a seasoned billibuster. Her stand on spending escalated into fights involving whipping each other with five dollar bills. That was pretty ineffectual so they tossed coins instead.
Etymology: bill (as in dollar) + filibuster (opponent deliberately hindering the passage of a bill) + bustup (fight)
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COMMENTS:
Nothing says "What were you thinking?" like swinging a bag of nickels on a Friday night. - Kyoti, 2007-07-16: 13:23:00
[No one got hurt in the making of that sentence] great word - ziggy41, 2007-07-16: 16:03:00
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Chachingument
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: cha ching gew ment
Sentence:
Etymology:
Monattack
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: m-aw-nuh-t-ah-k
Sentence: They had a huge monattack.
Etymology: monetary+attack
Moneyynotion
Created by: tvinna
Pronunciation: money-y-no-tion
Sentence: "now dont get me started on your moneyynotion"
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
cool word - tvinna, 2007-07-16: 14:08:00
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Warrien
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: war - ri - en
Sentence: The fight that started over whos turn it was to do the dishes quickly escalated into a full-blown warrien. She wanted a complete kitchen remodel, while he wanted a live-in swedish nanny/housekeeper. Of course, they didn't have the money for either.
Etymology: war + rien (French - nothing)
Montling
Created by: Dustinisdean2007
Pronunciation: Mon-ta-ling
Sentence: A man and a woman are montling over a sock.
Etymology: "Mon" stands for "Money", "t" comes from "Battle", "ling" stands for "Doing".
Comanamy
Created by: Firrehawk99
Pronunciation: Come-on-a-me
Sentence: Oh that is just "comonamy"
Etymology:
Dollarholler
Created by: Gladbags
Pronunciation: Doll-Err-Holl-Err
Sentence: We fought again, another dollerholler - He's always going on about money!
Etymology:
