spendy

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English

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Etymology

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From spend +‎ -y.

Adjective

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spendy (comparative spendier, superlative spendiest)

  1. (US, especially Upper Midwestern US and Northwestern US, British Columbia) Expensive, costly.
    • 2012 October 4, “The Decoupling Fluctuation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 6, episode 2, spoken by Amy Farrah Fowler and Penny (Mayim Bialik and Kaley Kuoco):
      Amy: When I get married, I'm gonna register at the UCLA cadaver lab.
      Penny: Eww, why?
      Amy: Cause I've always wanted a whole human skeleton, and they are really spendy.