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Money
(n.)
A category of money that remembers, in which every payment permanently records where it has been, who held it, and what it bought.
He refused card payments and crypto on principle: in a world of testamoney, cash was the only truly private transaction.
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Testimony + money; from the Latin testis, a witness. Cash was largely anonymous and untraceable. Digital coins, on the other hand, are the ultimate witness.
Future Words: A Non-Obvious Glossary of Terms That Don’t Exist (But Soon Will) collects all 100, each with its example sentence and coinage notes, from the bestselling authors of The Future Normal. Hardcover, October 20, 2026.