{"id":565,"date":"2009-02-26T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=565"},"modified":"2009-02-26T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T16:00:02","slug":"credebt-ive-been-pre-approved-for-a-new-credit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"Credebt: I’ve been pre-approved for a new credit card?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v.<\/em> To offer pre-approved credit, loans or sweepstake prizes in order to lock the some poor sucker into permanent usury. n.<\/em> Junk mail, spam or telemarketing offers for pre-approved credit and loans.<\/p>\n

\"I've<\/p>\n

VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Credebt<\/strong>: \/kred + det<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> Credit and Debt – Credit (money made available to borrow) and Debt (the state of owing something) Created by:<\/em> rombus.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Credebt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-24: 14:34:00<\/em>
Meaning readily apparent, easy to say, a perfect pun, and sticks in the memory. Absolutely Brilliant!<\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-24: 21:59:00<\/em>
That’s probably how they spelled it originally…good word<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Flimflamscamjam<\/strong>: \/flimflamskamjam<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> flimflam (a confidence game) + scam (a dishonest scheme; a fraud) + jam (an awkward situation or predicament) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

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wayoffcenter<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-24: 07:19:00<\/em>
This is one of those “Can’t say it 10 times fast” words.<\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-24: 19:02:00<\/em>
New idea for a sammich: Peanut butter and flimflam jam. Good word! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Gullibullmarketing<\/strong>: \/gull-a-bull-mark-a-ting<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> gull (to fool someone) + bull market (optimistic market) + marketing (promoting products or services) + gullible (disposed to believing anything or being suckered) Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Gullibullmarketing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-24: 15:10:00<\/em>
Bullseye! <\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-24: 21:57:00<\/em>
Suitabull word!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mortalgage<\/strong>: \/mort-al-age<\/em>\/ The sales pitch and the rates were good we decided to lock into a 60 year mortalgage. Etymology:<\/em> MORTALGAGE – from MORTAL + MORTGAGE or MORTAL + ENGAGE Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n

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Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-24: 08:59:00<\/em>
very clever<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

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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 … Continue reading Credebt: I’ve been pre-approved for a new credit card?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,93,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}