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    [Verb]  | "af*ford" | \ ə-ˈfȯrd \


    1: to manage to bear without serious detriment

    2: to be able to bear the cost of

    3: to make available, give forth, or provide naturally or inevitably


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Respelling (after Latin borrowings with initial aff-) of Middle English iforthen, aforthen, going back to Old English geforðian "to send out, promote, carry out," from ge-, perfective prefix + forðian "to send out, promote," verbal derivative of forþ "forth, forward" {mat|com-|}, {mat|forth:1|};

    [Verb]  | "affords" 


    1: to have enough money for;


      * e.g., " ... we can't afford a new car this year "



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    [Verb]  | "afford" 


    1: to have enough money for;


      * e.g., " ... we can't afford a new car this year "



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     [ "affordabling" ]

    1: Something cheap that gives the impression of a luxury item. Plastic spinner hubcaps, Fake designer watches, Chrome plastic jewelry, Etc..

      * e.g.,  ... When referring to a car with plastic spinner hub caps:  


     [ "affordabling" ]

    2: Coined by Josh Delpierre on 05/01/08

      * e.g.,  ... "Damn! Check out the affordabling on that ride! " 

     [ "Affordable" ]

    1: Something that a lot of things are not.

      * e.g.,  ... Nothing in this world is affordable anymore. 

     [ "thomas afford" ]

    1: A poor south African boy, who tries so hard in life to be accepted by his friends. The only reason people are friends with him is to have a go on his cousins

      * e.g.,  ... Oh, that thomas afford kid is so annoying, but his cousins are fit 

     [ "Affordable Success" ]

    1: Term used to con people into buying cheap and easy businesses, education, and or prostitutes.

      * e.g.,  ... Tim: I went to Fort Hays State University because the brochure said it was Affordable Success Allen: Oh ya how did that turn out. Tim: Well I work at this Mcdonald's So i got that going for me, which is nice. 

     [ "affordable kidneys" ]

    1: when you go to Vegas and wake up in a bath tub with your kidneys certainly missing, you must get an affordable kidney otherwise you will commit death

      * e.g.,  ... aw shucks i just swallowed an affordable kidney (affordable kidneys: kidneys that are affordable) 

     [ "Icant afford" ]

    1: Branching from the popular I-pod, Icant afford is what you say when you are lacking an I-pod due to financial reasons, obviously. Your best bet is to go for an Ishuffle, which is quite possibly the worst piece of technology ever invented. Your better off just buying towellets.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: Hey dude! Look at my new Ipod! 

     [ "Can't-Afford Cop" ]

    1: the worst kind of cop there is. Very controlling and authoritive, the kind that will beat your ass for speeding 5 MPH over the limit or stand in the middle of a busy street at 10am in a dark blue uniform and expect not to get hit. They were made famous in the alternate version of "April 26, 1992" by Sublime, where the lyrics show disdain towards their kind.

      * e.g.,  ... Officer Leroy beat me up just for rolling dice in the alley, he's such a can't-afford cop. 

     [ "If you cant afford it, abort it" ]

    1: The action of yeeting the baby out the window

      * e.g.,  ... Yeetus the fetus. if you cant afford it, abort it. 

     [ "Affordable Power Hardtop Convertibles" ]

    1: It's a hardtop. Push a button. The top goes down. It's a convertible.

      * e.g.,  ... The Pontiac G6 and Mazda Miata are both now available as affordable power hardtop convertibles. 

     [ "don't touch what you can't afford" ]

    1: What was once the ultimate put down. The strongest diss you could say to somebody who was annoying you by being physical with something you own.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1 "Hey, Let me have a look at that pen." 


     [ "don't touch what you can't afford" ]

    2: Starting off with expensive things that other poor kids couldn't afford, this was a snobbish insult used by richer kids who had the flashest new gear and one of the poorer kids wanted to touch it as they could never afford somethign so extravagent. This was in fear of the poorer kids leaving germs or nits on the item leaving the richer kid fucked later on. This would put them in their place and the poor kids would know their place in society.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 2 "Oi, don't touch what you can't afford!" 


     [ "don't touch what you can't afford" ]

    3: However, things started to get a bit out of hand circa 199 The diss spread wildly across Britain's schools and soonn became used in day to day conversations heard in the playground; the cheaper the tackier the item the better the insult. It was a witty way of saaying "you're so poor that..." but without having to use the brainpower to think of an item and and it would leave people hurt inside.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1 "Damn...you didn't have to go there." 


     [ "don't touch what you can't afford" ]

    4: Soon enough people found a way of responding to this comment which was to get your wallet out and show you have enough money to indeed afford the item, thus making the person who used it look silly and make their point completely void. Soon after this was discovered people stopped using it, and thus sending a classic diss to the history books along with "your mum gives head for bread" and other such insults.

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