Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Sense
Sense verb - To have a vague awareness of.
How words are described
| good | good buy | good sense |
| best | best buy | best sense |
| powerful | powerful buy | powerful sense |
| real | real buy | real sense |
| Other adjectives: bad, terrible, new, different, quirky. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Usually this is Played for Laughs, since it's a form of saying "Money can't buy common sense".
Source: Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense - It tells you a good few common sense type of things like kill minions and don't try to solo turrets, and then has you buy a thornmail.
Source: Tutorial Failure -
This would make sense as bounties paid between rounds except you get the money the instant you kill them and can even buy more stuff right there if the round's buy period hasn't ended yet.
Source: Reward from Nowhere
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