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DEFINITION: n. The type of headache you get from buying too many things with your credit card. Note: Symptoms do not usually appear until the following month.v. To buy yourself a huge credit card headache.
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Visache
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: viz-ayk
Sentence: Her visaches were just as intense as her chocolate induced migraines.
Etymology: Visa + headache
Spendzomenia
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: spend-zoh-preh-nya
Sentence: The spendzomenia was debilitating. She had to go through resylum [asylum and rehab rolled into one] for 2 years to let her boyfriend pay for the credit.
Etymology: schizophrenia + spend so many
Owetaglia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: o tal jee ya
Sentence: Maya Graine regularly got bad headaches, especially after the mailman came to her house. She went to a doctor who told her that she suffered from owetalgia, a disease caused by excessive credit card debt. Maya thanked him for his interest, compounded the problem by going on a shoe sales spree and maxed out her Bastardcard.
Etymology: Owe (to be indebted to) & otaglia (an ache localized in the middle or inner ear)
Cranialcreditsyndrome
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: k-ray-nee-'l-k-red-it-sin-dro-m
Sentence: He felt a wave of cranialcreditsyndrome come upon him as he looked at the credit card bill from last month.
Etymology: From the word cranial meaning of the skull from the medieval latin root cranium which was from the greek kranium meaning skull which was related to the word kara meaning head
Goinnustaboutmony
Created by: cassandra1315
Pronunciation: goin-nut-tabou-tmon-y
Sentence: he was goinutaboutmony.
Etymology:
Buynowpainlater
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: bye-now-PAYN-lay-turr
Sentence: As Alex opened the mail, he was stricken with buynowpainlater, the result of buying a diamond for a girl who broke up with him the next day.
Etymology: "buy now, pay later" + pain
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COMMENTS:
poor Alex - I'll bet she was a slimpicker too - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 12:18:00
You really have to wonder about Alex's dates sometimes. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-04: 13:53:00
Great word mpls! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-04: 14:03:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 03:40:00
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Sellebralhemorrhage
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: sell/ee/brall/hem/or/aj
Sentence: My bank account suffered a sellebralhemorrahage after my last shopping spree.
Etymology: cerebral hemorrhage + sell
Buygraine
Created by: xMelody
Pronunciation: by-grayn
Sentence: He had been caught up in an 8 hour Ebay whirlwind and he could already feel a buygraine coming on
Etymology: buy, migraine
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COMMENTS:
He needs to take some Buylenol..good word. - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 12:10:00
;D - xMelody, 2009-07-16: 16:03:00
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Painomonia
Created by: gonzo
Pronunciation: pain-o-monia
Sentence: He needs silence,darkness and money to cure a terrible painomonia
Etymology: pain- no money- pandemia
Comments:
Sounds debititating!
Oops, that was meant to be a comment on credache!
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James