wealth-fare n.— «As Thomas reports, institutional bias in agencies such as the Veterans Administration has, in the more recent past, denied many black families the stability, the status and the tax advantages of home ownership. Those kinds of...
minigarch n.—Gloss: n. a powerful person who is rich but not extravagantly so. Note: From mini ‘small’ plus -garch from a misdivision of oligarch, which comes from the Greek oligoi ‘few’ and arkhein ‘to rule.’ «One man bought everything. We call...
apatheism n.— «I think you’ll find that the stance of simply not caring much about God or religion (“apatheism” in the jokey parlance) is much less common than you imagine. It seems to be growing as people get wealthier, but a depressingly...
Belindia n.— «Brazilians have often called their country “Belindia,” a place both wealthy like Belgium and poor like India.» —“Church has faith it can unite S. Florida’s Brazilians” by Casey Woods Miami Herald (Florida) Apr. 9, 2007. (source:...
tin medal
n.— «Give the World Bank a tin medal for pusillanimity.» —by David S. Landes Wealth and Poverty of Nations Mar., 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
farmer n. in role-playing video games, a player who accumulates in-game wealth rather than participate in game play. Also Chinese farmer, item farmer, gold farmer, currency farmer. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)