spillionaire

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noun

A person who acquires a substantial amount of money by being paid to participate in the cleanup of an oil spill.

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Meanings

nounspillionaire (plural spillionaires)

plural spillionaires

  1. informalA person who acquires a substantial amount of money by being paid to participate in the cleanup of an oil spill.

    "Spillionaires" made as much as half a million dollars that spring operating cleanup boats.

    1993, Janet Trowbridge Bohlen, For the Wild Places: Profiles in Conservation, Island Press, →ISBN, page 149

Origin

Blend of spill + millionaire.

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APA

spillionaire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillionaire

MLA

“spillionaire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillionaire. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spillionaire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillionaire.

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