{"id":613,"date":"2025-12-05T21:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=613"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:33:50","slug":"parsimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"parsimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-283 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wearing-a-cowboy-hat-e1763078151107-291x300.jpg?resize=156%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wearing-a-cowboy-hat-e1763078151107.jpg?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wearing-a-cowboy-hat-e1763078151107.jpg?w=585&amp;ssl=1 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/parsimony\">[<b>pahr<\/b>-s<i>uh<\/i>-moh-nee]<\/a><\/p>\n<fieldset><label><input checked=\"checked\" type=\"radio\" value=\"phonetic\" \/>Phonetic (Standard) <\/label><label><input type=\"radio\" value=\"ipa\" \/>IPA (still some type of beer)<\/label><\/fieldset>\n<div class=\"fO87mZj3xJkfahj546kW\">\n<table style=\"height: 40px;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"840\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"spacer24px\"><strong>noun\u00a0 <\/strong>extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; miserliness. &#8211; ref scrooge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"explanationWrapper\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<table class=\"explanationPill\" style=\"height: 26px;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"119\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"uppercaseText\">EXPLANATION<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>parsimony\u00a0<\/b>is when you find out that your friend that is always begging for a handout is a closet millionaire amongst other things coming out the closet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"spacer24px\"><i>Example<\/i>: He was so broke he could not pay out alimony to his spouse so she settled for parsimony<b>\u00a0<\/b>checks instead.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<table style=\"height: 56px;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"spacer24px\"><strong>Origin of<\/strong> parsimony First recorded in 1400\u201350; late Middle English\u00a0<em>parcimony,<\/em>\u00a0from Latin\u00a0<em>parsim\u014dnia, parcim\u014dnia<\/em> meaning penny money see \u201cfrugality, thrift,\u201d equivalent to <em>parsi-<\/em>\u00a0(combining form of\u00a0<em>parsus &#8211; <\/em>pay us or else, <em>parcere<\/em> \u201cto ship\u201d) or <em>parci-<\/em>\u00a0(combining form of\u00a0<em>parcus<\/em> \u201ccheap shipping\u201d) &#8211; ref Temu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"height: 56px;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"839\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"spacer24px\"><b>How to use <\/b>Oshea was very liberal taking a stand when it came to parsimony in the form of setting up a cash payment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; [pahr-suh-moh-nee] Phonetic (Standard) IPA (still some type of beer) noun\u00a0 extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; miserliness. &#8211; ref scrooge EXPLANATION parsimony\u00a0is when you find out that your friend that is always begging for a handout is a closet millionaire amongst other things coming out the closet. 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