Spondulix: money (either from spondylus, a Greek word for a shell once used as currency, or from the prefix spondylo-, which means “spine” or “vertebra” these have a common etymology)Ĥ4. Simoleons: dollars (perhaps from a combination of simon, slang for the British sixpence and later the American dollar, and napoleon, a form of French currency)Ĥ3. Shekels: dollars (from the biblical currency)ģ9.
Scratch: money (perhaps from the idea that one has to struggle as if scratching the ground to obtain it)ģ8. Sawbucks: ten-dollar bills (from the resemblance of X, the Roman symbol for ten, to a sawbuck, or sawhorse)ģ7. Quarter: twenty-five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the twenty-five-cent coin)ģ6. Ones: dollars (also, fives for “five-dollar bills,” tens for “ten-dollar bills,” and so on)ģ5. Nickel: five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the five-cent coin)ģ4. Moola (or moolah): money (origin unknown)ģ3. Lucre: money or profit (from the biblical expression “filthy lucre,” meaning “ill-gained money”)ģ2. Loot: money (originally denoted goods obtained illicitly or as the spoils of war)ģ1. Long green: paper money (from its shape and color)ģ0. Grand: one thousand dollars (as in “three grand” for “three thousand dollars”)Ģ8. Gs: thousand-dollar bills (an abbreviation for grand)Ģ6. Greenbacks: paper money (from the color of the ink)Ģ5. Fins: five-dollar bills (perhaps from the shared initial sound with fives)Ģ4. Doubles (or dubs): twenty-dollar billsġ9. Dough: money in general (akin to the usage of bread)ġ7-18. Dime: ten dollars (by multiplication of the value of the ten-cent coin)ġ6. Dead presidents: paper money (from the portraits of various former US presidents that usually distinguish bills of various denominations)ġ5. Cs (or C-notes): multiples of one hundred dollars (from the Roman symbol for “one hundred”)ġ4. Clams: dollars (perhaps from the onetime use of seashells as currency)ġ2-13. Cheddar (or chedda): money (origin unknown, but perhaps from the concept of cheese distributed by the government to welfare recipients)ġ0. Bucks: dollars (perhaps from a reference to buckskins, or deerskins, which were once used as currency)ĩ. Bread: money in general (on the analogy of it being a staple of life)ħ. Bills: multiples of one hundred dollarsĦ. Big ones: multiples of one thousand dollarsĤ. Benjamins: a one-hundred-dollar bill (in reference to the portrait of Benjamin Franklin that distinguishes it)ģ. Here’s a roster of slang synonyms in plural form for words for US currency in particular, many of which are useful for playful references to money or as options for evoking a historical period in fiction by using contemporary idiom:Ģ. Inspired by the concept of culture interaction between the East and West, a square border links 4 elements displayed in round-shape: the flying tourbillon displayed at 3 o’clock position, the sphere shaped GMT Indicator located at 6 o’clock, the time reading sub-dial at 9 o’clock position and the Chinese ancient planetarium featured decoration at 12 o’clock position, projecting the merge of philosophy of China – round shaped sky and flat ground and Western World view.I find very little about money to be interesting, other than counting my own, but I’ve noted that there’s a rich fund of slang terms for money that can help enliven both casual and more serious content about currency and finance. The casing made of sapphire glass allows unexpected insights into the mechanical precision and beauty of the in-house movement, also optimize the stunning effect of the rotating tourbillon and parts while visualizing from different angles.
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