simoleon
/sɪˈmoʊliən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fake, theoretical, or unofficial unit of currency.
noun
Alternative form of simoleon.
Example Sentences
- "That'll cost you five simoleons."
- ""T'ought I was lyin' about the money, did ye? Well, you can frisk me if you wanter. Dat's the last simoleon in the treasury. Who's goin' to pay?""
- "Another brother working in an Alabama city has not sent a cold simolean or any long green since January; he has ignored several letters, but at last a registered letter found him O.K. and working."
- "We gladly did so with the result that we got a menu worth a dollar and a half or two dollars for a single simolean. Can you beat that?"
- "His Veteran's insurance came to ten thousand simoleons, rather more than he could bring on the hoof."
- "Abetted by market-wise agents and paperback publishers with an eye for the speedy simolean, these double-gaited gonzos are perpetrating a plague of best-selling takeoffs of innocent newspapers, defenseless magazines, helpless self-help books - even the Good Book itself."
Etymology
Most likely a late-19th-century blend of simon (“dollar”), from simon (“sixpence coin”) (17th-century British slang, perhaps related to simony?), and Napoleon (“French gold coin worth 20 francs, bearing the image of Napoleon III”). Perhaps from New Orleans. The gaming sense may have been chosen for its similarity to Sim.
Usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Uncountable