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DEFINITION: v. To compensate for lack of love, attention and/or sexual favors by buying things, lots of things. n. An object purchased to compensate for sexual dawdling.
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Sexersatz
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sex-er-sats
Sentence: Jill wondered why Jack was converting their den into a gym to put all his sexersatz equipment. Everytime he went to the mall he was buying more weights.
Etymology: sex: (tee-hee)+ exercise: some men will use exercise as a way to channel their tensions and frustrations + ersatz: an inferior substitute
Conerapy
Created by: kulekrizpy
Pronunciation: con-air-ap-y
Sentence: Tony had been feeling neglected by his girlfriend lately, and had the urge to use conerapy.
Etymology: "con" from the word consume (to use or buy) and "erapy" from the word therapy (treatment of an illness or disability). Made to sound similar to compensate (make up for).
Sexstitute
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sex/sti/toot
Sentence: When Joe and Jenny were having an extended fight and not talking to each other, Joe would sexstitute with the purchase of many big ticket items.
Etymology: SEXSTITUTE - verb - from SEX + SUBSTITUTE
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-06-05: 18:36:00
good one - Nosila, 2008-06-05: 19:35:00
good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:47:00
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Diversexion
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: DIE-ver-secs-shun
Sentence: Duane's vigorous game of diversexion buying power tools, guns, weight sets, a motorcycle and other big boys toys was a thinly veiled attempt to conceal his concern over his poor performance in and waning interest for romantic activities.
Etymology: Blend of 'diversion' and 'sex'
Shopxual
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: shop-xu-al
Sentence: Since married life had gotten to where Smark had zero passion from his wife, Que-Veecee...he figured if he was more shopxual eventually she may want to touch him again.
Etymology: Shop-To go from store to store in search of merchandise or bargains. Xual-taken in part from the work sexual.
Sublimitlessmation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sub/limit/less/may/shun
Sentence: To take his mind off his on again off again relationship Sam resorted to sublimitlessmation and maxed out four credit cards in the process.
Etymology: sublimation (divert the energy of a primitve impulse) + limitless
Purchaste
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (v., adj.) pər-ˈchāst, (n)ˈpər-ˈchas-tə-tē
Sentence: When Aaron married, he didn't realize that he was accepting a vow of purchastity that would result in an monstrous Visa balance and a poor credit rating.
Etymology: pur[chase] + chastity
Buysexual
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bīˈsek sh oōəl
Sentence: People say that things change when the ring goes on. If bedroom activities were curtailed after the nuptials, they became stagnant after the kids arrived. Kelly found himself becoming buysexual, one day shopping for things for her to garner her favor, the next shopping for himself, to compensate for his sense of inadequacy. For him, it has to be a cash purchase. Somehow, the use of plastic is never as satisfying as the real thing.
Etymology: buy (obtain in exchange for payment) + sexual (relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals) a play off of bisexual (having characteristics of both sexes)
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COMMENTS:
It's a good buyword! - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 19:28:00
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Weddedbling
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: |wɛdɛdblɪŋ|
Sentence: The absence of satisfactory relations lead Mary to develop a mild to severe case of weddedbling.
Etymology: A divorcing of wedded bliss and subsequent uniting of wedded bling. Wedded: A legal agreement between couples to ignore each other. Bling: Items of consumer fancy, usually tacky/second rate/imitation in origin.
Buybuylove
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: by by luv
Sentence: Buybuylove, buybuy happiness. Hello loneliness, I think I'm-a gonna cry. ByBuybuylove, buybuy sweet caress. Hello emptiness, I feel like I could die. buybuylove, goodbuy. (With apologies to the Everly Bros.)
Etymology: Buy Buy (purchase, shop, purchase, shop) Love (affection,fondness,a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction)
Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by the scene in Sex and the City where a sex-starved Samantha fills her Mercedes with boxes from Gucci ~ James
- 2008-06-05: 15:25:00
Ahaha - I just read this after I created my word...seems like we're both on the same thought track!!!!
- 2008-06-05: 17:30:00
Yes -- is it genetic?? Great word!