Money Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs about money that dominate economics and everyday life—the often-unexamined assumptions that money is neutral, that it represents value, that it's naturally scarce, that debt must be repaid, that inflation is always bad, that sound money is essential, and that the current monetary system is the only possible one. Money orthodoxy includes specific commitments: that money emerged naturally from barter, that gold or other commodities are the "real" money, that central banks should be independent, that monetary policy is technical rather than political, that government spending must be funded by taxes or borrowing. Like all orthodoxies, it provides a framework for economic thinking, but it functions as ideology—making monetary arrangements seem natural and inevitable, obscuring that money is a social creation that could be organized differently, and delegitimizing alternative monetary systems (community currencies, modern monetary theory, digital currencies, mutual credit). Money orthodoxy determines what monetary policies are considered "responsible," what economic arrangements are "sound," and who counts as "economically literate."

Example: "She suggested that governments could create money to fund public goods—and was dismissed as not understanding 'how money works.' Money orthodoxy doesn't allow questioning of monetary fundamentals; they're treated as natural laws rather than human creations."

by Dumu The Void March 17, 2026

Money Turtle

A swaggy little bro which originally was born after a misinterpretation of the Harry Potter character “Moaning Myrtle”. He is represented as a turtle with a $ sign on the center of his shell, occasionally depicted with some really cool shades.

What’d you say? Moaning Myrtle? I thought you said Money Turtle!

by swagmoneyturtle February 12, 2025

Money Yacking

1) When someone gives up money for an awful reason(ex.to silence someone, to cheat on a significant other and paying someone)
2)When someone gives away money greedily or to flaunt in the higher wealth (ex.celebrities spending high amounts of money to brag about it and not for a considerable reason)

1)“Sean was Money Yacking and ended up spending over 1 million dollars on a Rolex just to flaunt it on social media”
2)”Aiden was cheating on Sandra and was Money Yacking with a prostitute”

by ND1299338 February 18, 2025

Money

No. Money WILL help me and THERAPY will not. Money will help because I will be able to do as I please (within the confines of the law) and THERAPY is just a round about way of getting me to do what you want.

Hym "And the problem you have with me is not a problem I have with myself. You have more money and you're doing and incest cult so you want me to have to do the incest cult to get the money."

by Hym Iam March 4, 2025

Money-man

A money man is someone who cares about maintaining/collecting their own wealth/profit to the detriment or exploitation of others.

Little money-man sucking on his mother’s ankles for Robux.

by mcDonalds_sucks_ngl April 2, 2025

money dysmorphia

A sibling of the term “body dysmorphia,” money dysmorphia refers to people who have a distorted view of their own financial well-being and security. It can lead to overspending to compensate for missing out, obsessively checking the balance in their bank accounts, or hoarding wealth and not doing anything with it.

multiple friends are in Thailand and Southeast Asia for spring break according to instagram and it triggered my money dysmorphia. Meanwhile I can barely afford a Pad Thai

by Sickomonster April 16, 2025

Moneyboard

An electronic device, especially digital audio equipment, that one has wasted money on

Person A: “I actually don’t speak English”
Person B, via a soundboard: “I actually don’t speak English”
Person A: “Bro actually wasted his money on a moneyboard”
Gurt: “Yo”

by zulimations April 20, 2025