mad money | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept inreserveto use forimpulsive,frivolouspurposes.1975November 10, “Baglets”, inTime:Ultrasuede minibags "are just the solution for waste." And for crime. Most minis hardly hold more thanmad moneyand a comb.; (idiomatic)A sum of money kept in reserve or toinsulateoneselffinanciallyin the event of thesuddenbreakdownof a relationship in which one iseconomicallydependent.1975, George Javor, “Mad Money: A Semantic Change”, inAmerican Speech,vol. 50, no. 1/2, p. 155:Such an expression ismad money, noted as early as 1922 by Howard J. Savage (Dialect Notes5:148) at the end of an article on Bryn Mawr slang. Savage's definition is 'money a girl carries in case she has a row with her escort and wishes to go home alone.'

Examples:

EN: 190, it's my mad money.
ES: 190, es mi dinero loco.
EN: You may need mad money before this night's over.
ES: Quizá necesiten dinero esta noche.
EN: I don't need any mad money.
ES: No necesito dinero para alternar.
EN: A rejected woman needs mad money.
ES: Una mujer rechazada necesita mucho dinero.
EN: Minnie... Only my mad money...
ES: Sólo calderilla...
EN: I got my mad money here someplace, sir.
ES: Por aquí tengo el dinero.
EN: I just have my mad money.
ES: - Tengo mi dinero para los malos ratos.
EN: There goes my mad money.
ES: Ahí va mi dinero.
EN: I know it's mad money,
ES: Sé que es mucho dinero,
EN: And I want you to take this. This is mad money.
ES: Y gástatelo como quieras.
EN: I been saving up mad money, you know, and my mom be taking it all.
ES: He estado ahorrando y mi mamá me quita el dinero.
EN: - Well, I deposited a little mad money in it.
ES: -Deposité un poco de dinero loco.
EN: Okay. I have some mad money stashed-- you know, some diamonds, a little bit of cash.
ES: y un poco de dinero en efectivo.
EN: Amy was the go-to gal when the Martin interplanetary folk were short of mad money.
ES: Amy era la reserva para cuando Martin andaba corto de dinero.
EN: It's what I like to call mad money.
ES: Es lo que yo denomino dinero loco.

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