Velettan: It's unbelievable that the Witnesses should forbid the "faithful" using the words "dime" and "nickel". In fact, the word "dime" - in referring to one tenth (1/10) of a dollar - is not slang at all. The word "dime" is ultimately derived from the Latin word, decimus, which means "one tenth." Etymologically, the word dime is related to decimal and decimate - to reduce to one tenth of the original amount.
In truth, the word "dime" could be slang, if it used to designate a ten-dollar amount. If someone said: "This book was cheap; it only cost me a dime," meaning the book cost ten dollars, then that would be slang. But if they mean ten cents, it's not slang.
As for the word nickel, it refers to the metal from which the coins were originally made. It's not slang either if it refers to a five-cent piece. It's only slang if it refers to a five-dollar amount.
It's amazing how controlling the Witnesses are, to the point that they "micro-manage" every aspect of people's lives down to the level of the words that they are allowed to use.
