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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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Spenderbation
Created by: sleep
Pronunciation: spend-er-bay-shun
Sentence: After a horrific day at work, she went to the mall to spenderbate.
Etymology: spend + well, you know.
Spreewell
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: spree-well
Sentence: Sick of being underappreciated at work and home, Marcia went spreewelling at the mall.
Etymology: shopping spree + wellness + coincidental similarity to NBA player Latrell
Shopstinence
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: shop-sti-nens
Sentence: After a long day at work, her shopstinence kicked in, and she spent all the rent-money on shoes and underwear.
Etymology: shopping + abstinence
Buysexual
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bahy-sek-shoo-uhl
Sentence: With a husband who was older than dirt and more money than was reasonable for any human, the gold digger became a buysexual. Shopping became a power trip that really got her juices flowing.
Etymology: buy (purchase) sexual (carnal)
Splurgaholic
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: splurge a holl ick
Sentence: Mary was a splurgeaholic, and completely unable to leave a bag shop without at least 3 bags, which did not include the free plastic carrier to take them all home in.
Etymology: from splurging money and a-holic like an addict.
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:
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
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
Baublebinging
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: bobble/binj/ing
Sentence: Guinevere admitted to herself that baublebinging was the only way out of her funk, particularly after a less than satisfactory season as "Queen of the Queasiness".
Etymology: bauble + binging
Stresspreesyndrome
Created by: sabbychankicksass
Pronunciation: stress-spree-syndrome
Sentence: Whenever Sissy gets starts to feel a spiraling panic attack coming on, she immediately rushes to the mall to alleviate her unfortunate case of stress-spree-syndrome where she will then continue on to buy the most adorable but useless accessories for her dogs at Dolce and Gabbana.
Etymology: shopping spree caused by stress syndrome
