cashish-ola
n.— «If you started out Sept with $50,000 in a 401k plan, you would now have only $46,150. And that is a lot of “cashish-ola” even if it’s only on paper.» —“Talk From Trenches—Us Stocks, CPI Will Tell It All” by Isobel Kennedy in New York City Market News International Oct. 18, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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