This week's question: Former Starbucks CEO and aspiring presidential contender Howard Schultz has urged Americans to stop using the ugly word "billionaire" and instead refer to fabulously wealthy folks such as himself as "people of means." Please come up with a catchier, more interesting term to describe billionaires who'd rather not be called billionaires.
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THE WINNER: "The affluence burdened"
Bob Schall, Holly Springs, North Carolina
SECOND PLACE: "The gilt-ridden"
Kathy El-Assal, Middleton, Wisconsin
THIRD PLACE: "The fun percent"
Barbara James, Bedford, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Persons of interest"
Ms. Parvati, New York City
"Multi-asseted"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
"Apex creditors"
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
"Lucky in loot"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Men of a certain wage"
Greg Erickson, Somers, New York
"The poverty-challenged"
Alan Martin, Park Ridge, Illinois
"Monetarily obese"
John Haug, Roeland Park, Kansas
"Coin-oisseurs"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"The solvent minority"
Gina Chang, Corona, California
"Cushioned with cash"
Betty Saurbier, Warrenville, Illinois
"Members of the gated community"
Kaleigh Henderson, West Linn, Oregon
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