Loadsamoney
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech interjection
Quick meaning: Loadsamoney is an interjection meaning (British, informal, humorous) A vulgar person who has gained a large amount of wealth and flaunts it whenever possible.
Meaning
(British, informal, humorous) A vulgar person who has gained a large amount of wealth and flaunts it whenever possible.
More Meanings
- (British, informal, humorous) Referring to the free flowing of money, to large amounts spent or earned, or to the perceived acquisitiveness and materialism engendered in society by a booming economy.
Example Sentences
Questioned on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on whether he would be adopting a pre-election "loadsamoney" stance, Mr Blunkett said that there would be "substantial investment" but "loadsamoney will not be a term I'll be using".
My hon. Friend entered the House in 1987, and I am sure that my hon. Friend will recall the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition talking about the "loadsamoney society" and the bad effect that that has had on crime rates.
Word Forms
- loadsamoneys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include moneybags, bloater, wealthmonger, swankpot, money-grubber, squillionaire.
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