A fork of Rural Dictionary
Traditionally used as part of the larger phrase "To be nickled and dimed to death", referring to the undesired price of upkeep for a certain item. More fundamentally, it refers simply to seemingly hidden ongoing expenses which, over time, add up to a large expense.
That POS Ford is nickle and diming me to death.
1) To be extremely cheap with someone or demand every last dollar. 2) To provide people with small bags of marijuana.
Thurgood: "Whats up nigga, you gonna nickel and dime (2) me today as usual?" Samson: "Aiight dogg I'll give you this dime bag here for $17." Thurgood: "Sheeit, all I got is this $16. I'll get you the $1 later." Samson: "No can do. I need it all up front." Thurgood: "Man why you gotta go and nickel and dime (1) me like that?"
A word used in reference to marijuana which is also known as weed. Origin: Came from the various denominations of weed, 5 dollars worth of weed and 10 dollars worth of it which gave rise to the term nickels and dimes.
"From The Nickels And The Dimes To The Whole Kilo."- Bang Bang by Young Buck
When banks secretly charge and take money from you for stupid violations and penalties: ie ATM machines, limited checking, under the minimum balance of an account, etc. and usually result in pissing off their customers and gaining more money.
"Shit! I had $99.50 in my savings, but since the bank minimum is $100 for the account to stay active, they took out $4.50 in penalty fees!" "Damn Tom, they're nickel and diming your ass!"