Dollars Or Bucks?

[Ash]

Just curious...

When you talk to another person about money, do you usually say, "dollars" or "bucks"?

For example, you might one day exclaim:  "Holy crap!  That couch costs $3,000?!"

Are you most likely to put "bucks" or "dollars" on the end of that sentence?


(George wants to know, too)

[RCMerchant]

I say dollars.Unless I'm p**sed. For example-
DOLLARS-"Tube cut tobacco only cost 1 dollar and change!" 
BUCKS-" Yer theiven' little basterd freinds stole 240 f@uckin' bucks outta my dresser drawer!!! How we gonna pay the rent??? How we gonna eat. If you ever-EVER-let them dicksmacks back in my house-I WILL  KILL THEM. AND YOU WILL BE NEXT!!!
CLEAR? 240 goddam bucks...jeez!" 

[Jack]

I think I usually say bucks, but I'm sure I use dollars sometimes too.  I never really pay any attention - nobody told me there'd be a quiz   

[3mnkids]

Bucks. 

[meQal]

I've always said dollars. Never cared much for calling money bucks.

[Mr. DS]

Dollars or if I'm feeling hood, "duckets". 

[lester1/2jr]

rapidly devaluating federal reserve notes

[dean]

Depends on the situation: At work it's generally dollars, with friends and in more informal situations it'll be mainly be bucks.

[Jim H]

Context determines it.  I've even called them smackers, smackeroos, greenbacks, you name it.

[SkullBat308]

Usually bucks, but sometimes dollars.

[Javakoala]

I say dollars.Unless I'm p**sed. For example-
DOLLARS-"Tube cut tobacco only cost 1 dollar and change!" 
BUCKS-" Yer theiven' little basterd freinds stole 240 f@uckin' bucks outta my dresser drawer!!! How we gonna pay the rent??? How we gonna eat. If you ever-EVER-let them dicksmacks back in my house-I WILL  KILL THEM. AND YOU WILL BE NEXT!!!
CLEAR? 240 goddam bucks...jeez!" 

Is this based on a real event, or did you just get REALLY into the role-playing there?

[Eyesore]

I usually say "bones", don't know why or when it even started. Unless someone is trying to get any amount of money from someone else then it's; "I want my 2 dollars!".

[The Burgomaster]

I probably say "bucks" about 80% of the time.  Does anyone say "simoleons" anymore?  About 10 or 20 years ago, "coin" was an overused term.  "I don't have enough coin to buy that."  I wasn't a big fan of that term.

[BeyondTheGrave]

Never really noticed which one I say more but I think "Dollars" is the term I use most of the time.