DEFINITION: v. To sacrifice your health, your family, and even a few friends to money, only to discover that money doesn’t like you. n. A sacrifice made for money that goes unrewarded.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Sacrifiscalamb: /sak rif is kal lam/ Like a born again zealot, she had pursued her selling pyramid like a religion and forsook her friends, her family and her health to acquire the top-rated status and finer things of life…her mansion, expensive cars, exotic trips and designer attire. But it was lonely counting all that money on your own. Her profit had become her prophet. On the altar of high consumerism, she had become a sacrifiscalamb. Etymology: Sacrificial Lamb (someone or something which is given to people in authority and which is expected to be harmed or destroyed, especially in order to prevent other people or things from being harmed or destroyed) & Fiscal (involving financial matters) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Sacrifiscalamb:
galwaywegian, 2011-01-12: 03:58:00
baaad!
Profittear: /prof-i-tÄr/ Working to the detriment of one’s home life is the classic sign of a profittear. Etymology: Profit (gain resulting from use of capital) + tear (to cause pain, bitterness) Created by: CharlieB.
Cacashtrophy: /ka kash tra fee/ His life was a cacastrophy, he felt as he walked around dollerously Etymology: catastrophy, cash Created by: galwaywegian.
Overtwotimer: /ÅvÉ™rtutaɪmÉ™r/ Every time Tim tried works extra hours to get ahead, life becomes an overtwotimer. Some kind of monetary crisis will jump up to put him further behind. Etymology: overtime (time worked beyond one’s scheduled working hours) + two-timer (deceive or be unfaithful to a lover or spouse) Created by: artr.
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