DEFINITION: v. To offer pre-approved credit, loans or sweepstake prizes in order to lock the some poor sucker into permanent usury. n. Junk mail, spam or telemarketing offers for pre-approved credit and loans.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Scamwow: /SKAM-wow/ Having been hammered over and over by a recent infomercial about a wipe cloth, whenever Radcliffe would see ads of any kind for those ‘too good to be true’ products or services he would involuntarily shout “Scamwow!”, oftentimes startling people near him. Etymology: Blend of ‘scam’ (con game with phony offers) and the exclamation ‘wow’,(expressing joy or surprise) a play on Shamwow, a former commercially advertised product. Created by: Mustang.
Indebture: /in dept chure/ When Della got hom,e from work, she had yet more mail to sort. From different angles, each one wanted her to be in a state of indebture to them. Etymology: Indenture (a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term) & Debt (the state of owing something (especially money) Created by: Nosila.
Mailfeasance: /mail-FEEZ-ance/ The cell phone contract that I “won” seems to be a case of mailfeasance. Etymology: mail + malfeasance Created by: Pseudonym.
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