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DEFINITION: v. To go to the store and buy something, but then to forget to bring it home. n. A person who forgets what they bought -- until the credit card bill comes in.
Verboticisms
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Omitsionary
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: oh mit shun ayr ree
Sentence: When Domino sent James to the store for groceries or on other errands, she did it out of desperation and was always afraid of what he'd bring home. Armed with a list, James pretended he was a spy sent out on a dangerous mission. Of course, he chewed up and swallowed the list in case it fell into enemy hands. Then he'd use some oblique word association game to remember his list. If ice cream was on the list, he'd buy cones instead; if coffee filters were listed, he'd buy vacuum filters;jam became ham;grapes became crepes;etc. Domino found James to be an omitsionary when it came to shopping...they certainly had some strange meals. She now thinks this is all a ploy to get him out of doing the grocery shopping...she may be onto something!
Etymology: Omit (forget;leave undone) & Missionary (someone sent on a mission)
Storgetful
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stôrgetfəl
Sentence: Often Ralph would be so intent on the transaction of buying something that he would be storgetful and neglect bringing his purchase home. He insists that it has nothing to do with the amount of weed consumed during his college days, whatever college that was.
Etymology: store (a retail establishment selling items to the public) + forgetful (apt or likely not to remember)
Lostshoppertunity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lost-shopper-tyu-nitty
Sentence: Just wait til you see what I bought at ... oh... no... not another lostshoppertunity.
Etymology: lost opportunity + shopper
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COMMENTS:
great blending! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-13: 13:51:00
Well done! - splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:37:00
Great word, petaj - Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:26:00
perfecto! - mweinmann, 2009-04-14: 08:02:00
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Shurk
Created by: ayyacoco
Pronunciation: Sherk
Sentence: Did you sherk the bag you bought at Prada earlier? Oh you're such a sherk! It's the second time today you've forgotten what you bought at the store!
Etymology:
Shoplefter
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: shop left her
Sentence: Carry never missed a chance to shop. It was always such a pity, there was that little bit, she left in the bottom of the cart. Unlike the shoplifter who took things without paying for them, Carry paid for things without taking them ... She was a chronic shoplefter!
Etymology: SHOP, LEFT, being a play on SHOPLIFT. Shop - visit stores and buy things. Left - past tense of leave; to have let something remain behind accidentally.
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COMMENTS:
Another excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:41:00
Good word...she's a kLEFTomaniac! - Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:23:00
But...she never had to deal with shoplefovers. - Mustang, 2009-04-13: 22:46:00
perfect! - mweinmann, 2009-04-14: 08:03:00
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Negoodsglect
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: na-goods-glekt
Sentence: When Hugh negoodsglected he felt as though he was offering charity to the needy and downtrodden. Things reached a crucial point, however, when he left his expensive poodle at the pet store and his new born baby daughter at the hospital.
Etymology: neglect + goods (as in items, wares)
Payaway
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: pay-away
Sentence: When Roger got home and looked in the back of the minivan he realized that the groceries he bought for poker night with the boys were left behind, probably in a shopping cart in the store's parking lot. Chances were good that they were gone. The guys would certainly get a laugh at him. He'd have to come up with a believable story to save face. "I'll tell them that I bought the stuff on payaway," he thought, "that will buy me enough time to get back to the store."
Etymology: pay: purchase, buy + away: gone (wordplay on layaway -- to pay for things over time)
Stupormarket
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stoōpərmärkit
Sentence: Jean was OK when it came to her weekly shopping but was often overwhelmed by the stupormarket if she had to pick up a few things mid-week. Maybe it was all the bright colors, the 2fers or the BoGo's perhaps the self-service checkout with all it's confusing instructions (and Lord help her if she accidentally touched the dreaded Spanish button). If she could get past the fixation on dealing with the check-out and the pressure of not holding up the people in the queue behind her she would often rush out of the store without picking up her purchase or at best, get her acquisitions home only to discover that she had not bought the one thing she had gone to get.
Etymology: stupor (a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility) + market (a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:36:00
Very good!! - Mustang, 2009-04-13: 22:47:00
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Shopadaisical
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: shop-uh-DAY-zi-cul
Sentence: While on his routine shopping outings Garret was quite shopadaisical, distracted by the sales signs, any and all activity going on around him and as often as not he would walk off after paying and leave his shopping basket at the checkout or on occasion was known to leave his purchases in the basket in the parking lot, get in his car and drive off.
Etymology: Blend of shopper and lackadaisical
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COMMENTS:
Have you been following me? Thanks for changing the name. - wayoffcenter, 2009-04-13: 06:35:00
- really good word! - splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:40:00
Can just hear the shopadaisicals saying 'oopsy daisy' when they come out of their shopping daze! Just saying it makes me want to smile! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-13: 22:08:00
Going into a grocerystore makes me shopadaze-ical..can't remember what I need, can't remember where I put my list... - Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:18:00
great word....I can relate. - mweinmann, 2009-04-14: 08:00:00
Great description of definition and mood! I get in lackadaisical moods sometimes... I left a case of bottled water under the cart and drove off. :) I was in Shopadaisicalical shock when I realized what I did...hehehe! You have my vote! - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-16: 19:08:00
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Purchass
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: per chass
Sentence: Larry's wife hated shopping with him. He grew so distracted by any and everfything at the mall that he would forget what he bought and where he put it. He could be a real purchass sometimes.
Etymology: Purchase (something bought;to buy something) & Ass (an idiot;someone dumb)
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
LOL!