Penny Wise

What do we mean by penny wise?

Careful in dealing with small sums of money or small matters. adjective

Saving small sums at the hazard of larger; niggardly in unimportant affairs: generally used in the phrase penny-wise and pound-foolish, careful in small economies and wasteful in large affairs.

Thrifty in small matters only. Used mostly in the phrase penny-wise and pound foolish. adjective

Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money. adjective

Thrifty in small matters only adjective

Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money.

Is a creepy clown who comes out of the movie "It", and tries to eat Adam Griffin in his sleep and Michelle Hatch when eating a fortune cookie. Urban Dictionary

Penny Wise is a clown who lives in the sewers. Urban Dictionary

Variation of "Penny wise, pound foolish" When someone saves a penny, by spending a dollar. "to be extremely careful about small amounts of money and not careful enough about larger amounts of money" Urban Dictionary

Where someone compulsively saves money by buying super-cheap-priced foods like crackers and white bread, not caring/realizing that these salty/sugary/"empty-carbs" foods will make him gain unhealthy weight in a hurry. Ben Franklin was always sagely expounding about stuff like this, and just look at da deplorable "tubby" shape HE was in! Urban Dictionary

The description is me. an example: ilayda your name should be penny-wise cause you're a CLOWN Urban Dictionary

Penny Wising- To make a malicious joke, or saying things that are funny yet mean. This came about as my friend and I were talking, and referenced the the movie IT in which the clown character who is suppose to be funny is actually very malicious. This saying is now widely used in our area. Urban Dictionary

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