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)
Credebt: /kred + det/ Lonnie just got a new credebt card. It gives him so much credit at such a high rate that he will never get out of debt. Etymology: Credit and Debt – Credit (money made available to borrow) and Debt (the state of owing something) Created by: rombus.
Comments on Credebt:
silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 14:34:00
Meaning readily apparent, easy to say, a perfect pun, and sticks in the memory. Absolutely Brilliant!Nosila, 2009-02-24: 21:59:00
That’s probably how they spelled it originally…good word
Flimflamscamjam: /flimflamskamjam/ Trudy found herself paying for one credit card with the next one. She couldn’t wait for the mail to deliver the next pre-approved offer. She was in a complete flimflanscamjam. Her financial plan can be compared to fire walking. If she hesitates at all she is gonna get burned. Etymology: flimflam (a confidence game) + scam (a dishonest scheme; a fraud) + jam (an awkward situation or predicament) Created by: artr.
Comments on Flimflamscamjam:
wayoffcenter, 2009-02-24: 07:19:00
This is one of those “Can’t say it 10 times fast” words.Mustang, 2009-02-24: 19:02:00
New idea for a sammich: Peanut butter and flimflam jam. Good word!
Gullibullmarketing: /gull-a-bull-mark-a-ting/ Connie’s name was apt. She was adept at gullibullmarketing, and made a fortune luring young people into crippling ‘debtitude’ by scamming them with promises of a rosy credit based future Etymology: gull (to fool someone) + bull market (optimistic market) + marketing (promoting products or services) + gullible (disposed to believing anything or being suckered) Created by: petaj.
Comments on Gullibullmarketing:
silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 15:10:00
Bullseye!Nosila, 2009-02-24: 21:57:00
Suitabull word!
Mortalgage: /mort-al-age/ The sales pitch and the rates were good we decided to lock into a 60 year mortalgage. Etymology: MORTALGAGE – from MORTAL + MORTGAGE or MORTAL + ENGAGE Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Mortalgage:
Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 08:59:00
very clever
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