hopeticket
/ˈhəʊpˌtɪkɪt/nounVerified NewA lottery ticket bought for the week of daydreaming it purchases rather than for any expectation of winning.
The prize is mostly in the walk home, spent already in imagination. Hopeticket is the cheapest recurring holiday a household can buy.
Etym. — hope + ticket — admission charged to a possible future.
Rel. — betertainment
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