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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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Hoarderculturalist
Created by: ampruteanu
Pronunciation: Whore-duhr-cuhl-choo-ruh-list
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Sorry, didn't understand fully. Thought this was referring to a person who compensates for lack of love, attention, by buying things. - ampruteanu, 2010-08-05: 07:58:00
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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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Matadote
Created by: tgulden422
Pronunciation: MAT-uh-dote
Sentence: Guy 1: "Bought her a $5000 bracelet as a token of my affection." Guy 2: "Desperate much? Way to matadote."
Etymology: Mata - material, dote - to love in excess
Lustomerservice
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: lust-ah-mer-ser-viss
Sentence: he headed to the mall for some lustomerservice.
Etymology: lust, customer service
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COMMENTS:
Lust it...I mean love it! - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 19:27:00
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Securitsatiation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: se/cure/i/ti/say/shee/ay/shun
Sentence: Mark's love life wouldn't have been fulfilled without the securitisatiation he experienced on a shopping spree. He was grateful for the wide variety of orgasmic produce now available at the local supermarket.
Etymology: secure (purchase) + satiate (satisfy) + securitization
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COMMENTS:
good word! - TJayzz, 2008-06-05: 19:58:00
Good word- experts say one needs security in marriage. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:46:00
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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
Mallcontent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mall con tent
Sentence: When Cyrus found himself feeling the everydayness of marriage, he would head out for a day of retail therapy to become a true mallcontent.
Etymology: Mall (shopping Mecca) & Content (Happy) & WorPlay on Malcontent (a person who is discontented)
Phallacy
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: PHALLic+fallACY
Sentence: His purchasing tools was just a phallacy, since he already had the only tool he needed for the job, but lacked the experience in using it.
Etymology: PHALLic+fallACY
Comspendsation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kom-spend-sey-shuhn
Sentence: Ron is having trouble adjusting to the fact that his wife earns far more than he does. He is also is not happy with how much time she spends on work and not him. His comspendsation might just solve this little dilemma by sending them into bankruptcy or divorce court.
Etymology: compensation (a mechanism by which an individual attempts to make up for some real or imagined deficiency of personality or behavior by developing or stressing another aspect of the personality or by substituting a different form of behavior) + spend (to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of money, wealth, resources, etc.)
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!