credit card slave

A person working to pay off huge debts.

Freya didn't really understand how credit card interest rates work, and ran up large debts during her college days. Now, she is a credit card slave; because most of her salary goes into paying them off.

by Joe Rodolico January 26, 2007

credit card coolie

Any unskilled worker laboring to pay off huge debts.

Low income individuals can be quite optimistic about the future when using plastic instead of cash to make purchases. But if, for some reason, they suffer a financial setback, that little piece of plastic may turn them into credit card coolies.

by Joe Rodolico January 26, 2007

two-thousandaire

A member of America's class of home-owning families with only two thousand dollars in savings. Deeply in debt, they live from paycheck to paycheck dreading any unforseen financial catastrophies such as a sudden illness or unemployment. First coined by Karen De Coster and Eric Englund.

Taking out a home equity loan might seem like a good idea to a two-thousandaire, unless one gets laid off and ends up penniless.

by Joe Rodolico July 01, 2006

H-Hour

A redundancy in military jargon signifying the exact hour for an operation to begin. Big "H" for "big hour".

The invasion of the enemy held island began at H-Hour, 05:00.

by Joe Rodolico February 10, 2007

toxic wife

A woman who only marries for financial gain. Once the money is gone, she quickly leaves her husband and takes what little money is left with her.

After Howard lost everything in the stock market bust, he realized what a toxic wife Wanda really was when she emptied out their joint bank account and split.

by Joe Rodolico December 19, 2008

colony collapse disorder

A sudden die-off of the bee population in a hive or colony. Blamed on cell phone radiation. Abbreviated CCD.

Beekeepers where shocked and stunned, when they learned, that their once thriving hives, had been emptied due to an occurence of colony collapse disorder.

by Joe Rodolico December 26, 2008

schifoso

Italian slang. A foul, disgusting, low-down, rotten person. Also spelled skifozo.

That schifoso would sell anything to anybody, including his own mother, if someone made him an offer.

by Joe Rodolico November 14, 2006