moneymoon
n.— «Don’t fall prey to the “moneymoon”; just because you paid for something doesn’t mean it’s automatically worthwhile.» —“9 Ways Marketing Weasels Will Try to Manipulate You” by Jeff Atwood Coding Horror Sept. 10, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
It’s cats and dogs, and a few other critters, too. Animals prowl around inside several English words, including sleuth, which was originally sleuth-hound, a synonym for bloodhound. Plus, the language we use with our pets and the ways they...
Animals leave their footprints in several English words, including chatoyant, or “shimmering like a cat’s eyes” and sleuth, which is short for sleuth-hound, a kind of bloodhound used for sniffing out prey. Pets have also inspired...