# Missing Words II

Originally published: 2012-12-15
Canonical URL: /2012/Dec/missing-words-ii/

We need a word that means almost the same thing as _[sellout](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sellout)_ (in the sense of "a person who compromises their principles for financial gain"), but conveys the idea that the problem is not selling out, but selling out _for too low of a price_. We all have to make trade-offs; there isn't any one principle that takes lexical priority over every other valuable thing in life: sometimes it makes sense to compromise your ideals in exchange for money or power or fame or fitting in.

But you could at least _haggle_!