cashish
n.— «The system told me that my balance was several hundred dollars overdrawn, and when I checked the most recently posted transactions, the amounts ($50-75) did not immediately ring a bell. I also knew that my shit was not fucked up to the tune of (at least quite) that much cashish.» —“My debit card was lost/stolen and fraudulently misused” by theperfectcrime Ask Metafilter June 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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