mad money
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.
Uncountable
noun
A sum of money kept in reserve or to insulate oneself financially in the event of the sudden breakdown of a relationship in which one is economically dependent.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Ultrasuede minibags "are just the solution for waste." And for crime. Most minis hardly hold more than mad money and a comb."
- "Such an expression is mad money, noted as early as 1922 by Howard J. Savage (Dialect Notes 5:148) at the end of an article on Bryn Mawr slang. Savage's definition is 'money a girl carries in case she has a row with her escort and wishes to go home alone.'"