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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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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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Visabinge

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: VEE-sah-binge

Sentence: After Chad broke up with her, Tracey went Visabinging to the tune of $2800.

Etymology: Visa (credit card) + binge

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Compulchase

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /c&m-'pul-ch&s/

Sentence: He used to smoke to relieve the stress at work, then he overate to relieve the stress of quitting smoking, and now he compulchases to relieve the stress of the diet he's on.

Etymology: From compulsive + purchase

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Spendeviate

Created by: tgulden

Pronunciation: spen-DEE-vee-8

Sentence: I bought this wicked pair of shoes to spendeviate my stress about my husband's affair.

Etymology: Spend - Alleviate

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Anaesdebtic

Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: an-ess-det-ic

Sentence: Clare always shopped frenziedly after a coffee morning with 'the girls'. How they earned six figures, raised children, coordinated charitable fund-raisers, (and their outfits) without ever passing through puberty puzzled Clare. Could the hollow emptiness of her inadequacy be filled with shoes? Luckily, the anaesdebtic would soon kick in.

Etymology: anaesthetic + debt

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Buypolar

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: by pol ar

Sentence: Wendy had trouble right after Christmas in not shopping. Although half-price or less, her non-essential purchases were of a buypolar nature and as a result, Wendy always completed next year's Christmas shopping by January 5th of that year. Of course finding the items or remembering who they were for was the next big challenge.

Etymology: Buy (purchase,acquire) & bipolar (of or relating to manic depressive illness)

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Buypolar

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bīpōlər

Sentence: Jane has been diagnosed as buypolar. Despite her status as a buyathlete and her formidable buyceps and the elation of a new purchase, she also experiences depression caused by the buymonthly invoice from her credit card company.

Etymology: buy (obtain in exchange for payment) + bipolar (a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression)

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Spendacity

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: spen da si ty

Sentence: He walked into Costco not knowing what he wanted, but only feeling the spendacity that he would find something to take the edge off the day.

Etymology: spend + mendacity (false); spending in the false hope that it will address the source of anxiety

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