spanger
v.— «We can all watch the spangers humiliate themselves and beat each other up for the change. If one spanger drops another, and that spanger passes out in your square, you win!» —“Re: Spare Changers…“ by Joe Rioux Usenet: rec.music.phish June 17, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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No, that was definitely me. Frequent contributor to Phish.net at the time. Go ahead and google my name and you’ll see.