sweatbox n.— «What will happen when they do have to pay it back includes nonstop calls to them and their parents. Credit card collection agencies know how to harass, threaten and then sweet-talk cardholders who are late. They even have a...
Biltmore stick n.— «He wore a backpack with a G.P.S. receiver and carried, in one hand, a data collection unit resembling a portable credit card machine, and in the other, a strip of wood known as a Biltmore stick.…The Biltmore...
skiing n.— «Democracy is not an excuse to gorge oneself on alcohol and drugs on Daddy’s credit card (countless posts at LNS reference “skiing” in bar restrooms, a euphemism for snorting cocaine) and then insult everyone who calls you out...
credit-card banging n.— «But in those early years, with credit-card numbers circulating among unscrupulous Web masters and affiliates, various frauds proliferated. Prime among them was “credit-card banging,” whereby a person subscribing...
Costanza wallet n.— «Eliminating the need for a George Costanza wallet bursting with credit cards, the Boca Raton, Fla.-based vendor’s virtual payment system instead consolidates all that plastic into users’ Bluetooth-enabled mobile...
max up v. phr.— «He said he was “maxed up” on all his credit cards. There was no shame in his voice. In fact there was a certain pride. He seemed to think it was pretty cool to be in debt; “live life to the max”...