trolleycoindebt
/ˈtrɒlikɔɪn dɛt/nounVerified NewAlso in: Wagenschuld (Deutsch) · carrehén (Español) · caddotage (Français)
The coin lodged in a trolley's slot for weeks, held hostage by a trolley never returned.
Trolleycoindebt begins with a pound and ends in abstraction: the coin rides from store to store in a chain of borrowed trolleys. The owner remembers it at the locker, sighs, and feeds the next trolley a new coin. The debt is settled only by the rare encounter with one's original trolley, which is awaited like a lottery.
Etym. — trolley coin + debt — the small loan made to the supermarket, never recovered.
Rel. — trolleyapology · checkoutnegotiation
Novelty check: APPROVE
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