simoleon

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10
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13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/sɪˈmoʊliən/

Definition of simoleon

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, slang)A dollar.
    “That'll cost you five simoleons.”
    “"T'ought I was lyin' about the money, did ye? Well, you can frisk me if you wanter. Dat's the last simoleon in the treasury. Who's goin' to pay?"”
    “Another brother working in an Alabama city has not sent a cold simolean or any long green since January; he has ignored several letters, but at last a registered letter found him O.K. and working.”
    “We gladly did so with the result that we got a menu worth a dollar and a half or two dollars for a single simolean. Can you beat that?”
    “His Veteran's insurance came to ten thousand simoleons, rather more than he could bring on the hoof.”
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noun

  1. (US, slang)A dollar.
    “That'll cost you five simoleons.”
    “"T'ought I was lyin' about the money, did ye? Well, you can frisk me if you wanter. Dat's the last simoleon in the treasury. Who's goin' to pay?"”
    “Another brother working in an Alabama city has not sent a cold simolean or any long green since January; he has ignored several letters, but at last a registered letter found him O.K. and working.”
    “We gladly did so with the result that we got a menu worth a dollar and a half or two dollars for a single simolean. Can you beat that?”
    “His Veteran's insurance came to ten thousand simoleons, rather more than he could bring on the hoof.”
  2. A fake, theoretical, or unofficial unit of currency.
    “Simoleons is just a new name for those assets. You carry around a smart card and spend it just like cash. Or else you go shopping in the Metaverse and spend the money online, and the goods show up on your doorstep the next morning.”
  3. (capitalized, sometimes, uncountable)A fake, theoretical, or unofficial unit of currency.
    “The game franchise demands that its participants to simulate the "rat race," earning Simoleons, remodeling their homes, and buying properties.”
  4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of simoleon.

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Etymology

Most likely a late-19th-century blend of simon (“dollar”), from simon (“sixpence coin”) (17th-century British slang, perhaps related to simony?), and Napoleon (“French gold coin worth 20 francs, bearing the image of Napoleon III”). Perhaps from New Orleans. The gaming sense may have been chosen for its similarity to Sim.

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