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'But I've already shown you every shoe in the store...'

DEFINITION: v. To purchase a bauble, article of clothing, or major appliance, in order to alleviate anxiety or other psychological stress. Often leads to overspending. n. An item which has been purchased to fill an emotional void.

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Nebeha

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: Nebe-ha

Sentence: Girl, I've be thinking your nebeha

Etymology:

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Buypolar

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: bye/pohl/ar

Sentence: Her buypolar personality was responsible for her extravagant spending habits.

Etymology: buy + bi-polar

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Perfect! - wordmeister, 2007-01-15: 20:40:00

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Trinketfortreat

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: trink-et-for-treat

Sentence: She stroked the vase with affection and immediately felt better. In spite of the lavish expense, this was genuine trinketfortreat

Etymology: a trinket for a treat

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Spendicine

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin

Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.

Etymology: Spend + Medicine

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Pursecure

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: PURSS-kewr

Sentence: Bummed out by her third broken engagement, Sonia pursecured her blues with six HErmes scarves and a large mochaccino.

Etymology: purse + cure

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Obcontent

Created by: shaibear

Pronunciation: Ob (From object) And content (R from happyness)

Sentence: My books have replaced people in my life, and make me feel Obcontent

Etymology:

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Buyalogic

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bye a loj ick

Sentence: When Tracy needed a morale boost, she went shopping. Any bargain she got was deemed buyalogic, as she could justify her need for the item. She needed these boosts quite often and ended up with closetfuls of clothes, shoes and accessories which had cheered her up at one time or another. Every 6 months, the Good Will people got bags of barely worn clothes from Tracy to fill the buyalogic needs of their clients. She believed in paying it forward...

Etymology: Buy (Purchase; obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction) & Logic (Thought process;reasoned judgment) and play on Biologic ( pertaining to biology or to life and living things)

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Credtherapy

Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: KRED-ther-A-pee

Sentence: Rebecca couldn't resist another session of credtherapy after her appalling job interview.

Etymology: "cred" - from credit + therapy

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My wife has this condition! - Guthlaf1, 2007-01-15: 14:50:00

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Shollump

Created by: TrJoshB

Pronunciation: sh-awl-lump

Sentence: After the fight with her best friend over that blond boy, Hillary shollumped her credit cards to the max.

Etymology: shop + calm + Whim + relieve

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Therashopy

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: theh-rah-shop-pee

Sentence: Just get dumped? Worried about finals? Need a solution? THERASHOPY

Etymology: therapy + shopping = FABULOUS!!

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