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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.
Verboticisms
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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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COMMENTS:
Perfect! - wordmeister, 2007-01-15: 20:40:00
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Nebeha
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Nebe-ha
Sentence: Girl, I've be thinking your nebeha
Etymology:
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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COMMENTS:
My wife has this condition! - Guthlaf1, 2007-01-15: 14:50:00
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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)
Anxbuyety
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: angs-buy-ity
Sentence: Jills gets one of her anxbuyety attacks, grabs her car keys,and credit cards, and races to the mall.
Etymology: anxiety/buy
Therapurchise
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: therra-pur-ch-ise
Sentence: Kelly felt down in the dumps today so she decided to go out therapurchising in the shoe shop to lift her spirits.
Etymology: thera - therapy. Purch- purchase - ise- suffix indicating function.
Therabuy
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: Th err ah by
Sentence: Wendy is finding help in therabuy. Her pain is real, and her new wardrobe is too.
Etymology: Therapy + Buy
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
Purseverance
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: per/seh/veer/ance
Sentence: Purseverance was the only remedy for her stressful existence. It calmed her to grab handfuls of cash and throw it at luxury items
Etymology: purse + perseverance
