smackers

Informal American currency

Smackers is informal for dollars, especially in contexts emphasizing a large sum: That car set me back thirty thousand smackers.

The word adds a playful or emphatic quality to money talk.

Less commonly, smackers means kisses, from the smacking sound lips make.

kisses

kisses

Lip-to-lip contact

  • peckDry measure or quick kiss
  • smoochInformal term for kissing
  • lipMouth's outer edge

pucker · buss · mwah · air kiss · blown kiss · lipstick mark · kiss mark · cheek kiss · forehead kiss

money-slang

bucks

Male deer, or dollars

moolah · clams · loot · scratch · cheddar · dinero · gelt · shekels · simoleons · bread

lips

lip balm

Waxy mouth moisturizer

pucker · lipstick · kissable · plump · glossy · chapped · moisturizer · balm · tinted · shine

Categories
Opposites
register/formality of currency terms

smackerslegal tender

Officially recognized payment medium

currency · monetary units · financial instruments · dollars · funds

having vs. lacking money

smackersdebt

Money owed another

poverty · broke · penniless · destitution · insolvency

quantity/value connotation

smackerspennies

One-cent coins

cents · pocket change · chump change · peanuts · pittance

Phrases
Family

smacked, smacker

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G