moonlight clan
n.— «She and her overspending friends are creating a phenomenon now being discussed widely in the Chinese media. They have been dubbed “fu weng” (a coined Chinese word for “people in debt”, pronounced as the Chinese word for a person of wealth), or “the moonlight clan” (a Chinese pun meaning people who spend all their money by the end of each month).» —“China’s ‘moonlight clan’ indulges in shopping spree” China Daily May 26, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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