[Vocabulary] mean=stingy?

Ouisch said:

Such a person is a cheapskate, a penny-pincher, a skinflint, a tightwad. He'll squeeze a nickel until the buffalo chokes, he's tighter than bark on a tree.

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No one has mentioned the word miser so far. Does it mean this word differs from previously mentioned words? Do other words involve the meaning; hoarding money but looking like the poor just as the word miser does?

Thanks for your replies in advance.

euncu said:

No one has mentioned the word miser so far. Does it mean this word differs from previously mentioned words? Do other words involve the meaning; hoarding money but looking like the poor just as the word miser does?

Thanks for your replies in advance.

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Miser means the same; it's probably the most formally correct word for such a person. Since such people evoke emotional reactions from people, there will always be new slang words or phrases which sound more insulting, and hence are more usable.
Here's a few more:
Miser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Don't use 'niggard' in Am. You can lose your job if someone mishears it.)

jiamajia said:

I heard Rush Limbaugh call Harry Reid dingy Harry. It's a letter G sound, same as in stingy. Am I right?

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Yes. You can harden the G to make the word 'dinghy' (a kind of boat) - but that's a whole different word (and a whole different word class).

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euncu said:

No one has mentioned the word miser so far. Does it mean this word differs from previously mentioned words? Do other words involve the meaning; hoarding money but looking like the poor just as the word miser does?

Thanks for your replies in advance.

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Yes, "miser" also describes a person who counts every penny, but it is a far more formal term. It is usually only used when describing some older, possibly literary, character like Ebeneezer Scrooge.