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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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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:
Spendicine
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin
Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.
Etymology: Spend + Medicine
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
Cashquencher
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: kash-kwench-er
Sentence: In her emotional state Rachel bought those heels as a total cashquencher.
Etymology: cash + quench
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
Spendxiety
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: spend - zie - ety
Sentence: Jill's spendxiety caused her credit card bills to go high when she was depressed.
Etymology: spend + anxiety
Spendure
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation: spen-dyoor
Sentence: After she got fired, she spendured the rest of the afternoon buying a number of hats she would later not want to wear.
Etymology: spend + endure
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.
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
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
