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financial cashectomy

financial cashectomy

9.9
A large loss of money from spending or bad investment
  • noun
  • /faɪˈnænʃəl kæʃˈɛk.tə.mi/
  • Slang
translation icon : cashectomía financiera
  • After paying for the unexpected car repairs, I suffered a financial cashectomy that emptied my savings account.

Examples

  • Investing in that failed startup turned into a complete financial cashectomy for the Smiths.

  • The medical bills resulted in a massive financial cashectomy that took years to recover from.

  • Wow! That was quite a financial cashectomy after the vacation!

  • After the party, I felt like I had a financial cashectomy.

  • Investing in that failed startup turned into a complete financial cashectomy for the Smiths.

  • After paying for the unexpected car repairs, I suffered a financial cashectomy that emptied my savings account.

  • The medical bills resulted in a massive financial cashectomy that took years to recover from.

Synonyms

financial loss
vsfinancial cashectomy
7 3.0

A situation where a person or business has less money than before

is a more extreme, often joking description of such money loss
hemorrhage of cash flow
vsfinancial cashectomy
  • Literature
8.4

A fast loss of money that puts a company at risk

is a severe, drastic money loss that is not limited to rapid outflows

Antonyms

windfall
35 5.1

A large amount of money that you get unexpectedly

How Severe

bankrupt
151 4.2
financial cashectomy
  • Slang
9.9

Surface Forms

financial cashectomy singular
financial cashectomies plural

Morphology

financial + cashectomy

The adjective 'financial' clearly references money, and the nonce 'cashectomy' is transparently built from 'cash' + the surgical suffix '-ectomy' (removal), so the intended sense 'removal/loss of money' is inferable. However, '-ectomy' is specialized bound morphology and 'cashectomy' is nonstandard and humorous, so a typical B1 learner would only partially infer the meaning and might not grasp the nuance without exposure.

Etymology

Financial cashectomy is a joking mix of cash (money) and the surgery word -ectomy, which means 'removal'. This sharp image, like a surgeon cutting money out of your wallet, shows why the phrase means a 'big, painful loss of money'.