| > Yes, literally, the dictionary meaning of a "penny pincher" is one who does not want to part with his pennies. I understood the context to be pennies being insignificant. Thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of pennies are not insignificant (to most people), so penny pincher would be a useless term in that situation. The alternative is where even saving a billion dollars, since it can be translated to 100 billion pennies, is being a penny pincher. > You preferences may say "it is more important for me to save seven bucks in this context." That does not compel other people to enjoy your preferences. It is not usually seven bucks when you are out with a decent size group in a city for a few hours. > In my life, I have been in groups where if a few people consumed some relatively more expensive food or drinks, they are responsible enough to take care of that. Ideally, but many times I have been out where it needs to be brought up. But that does not make one a penny pincher. > Also, when you go out with a large group, you do tip the wait staff generously, right? How is this relevant? |