Just for your own reference SPENDTHRIFT is being wasteful with money. I just learned this myself recently as I was kindly corrected for using the term improper

Just for your own reference SPENDTHRIFT is being wasteful with money. I just learned this myself recently as I was kindly corrected for using the term improperly. I then had to do the research to verify and found that THRIFT (thrive) in this case refers to success or prosperity. A SPENDTHRIFT is someone that wastes (SPENDS) their success (THRIFT). In modern usage it is someone wasteful with money. This is contrary to the assumed or obvious "being thrifty with spending" where thrift=frugal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spendthrift http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spendthrift