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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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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
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
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
Spendicine
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin
Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.
Etymology: Spend + Medicine
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
Sdressense
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: s-dress-sense
Sentence: Following the horrendous argument with Hugh, Helen's sdressense had prevailed; the three carrier bags of clothes had been well and truly integrated into the wardrobe, and the receipts shredded .... and now for the gin and tonic before he got home ...
Etymology: stress (or s+dress) - sense
Impenditure
Created by: ToblerOne
Pronunciation: Im-pen-di-ture
Sentence: Joan's impenditure at the mall left her bank statement dissapointing.
Etymology: Impulse + Expenditure
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
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:
Splurchase
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: splur-chuss
Sentence: After being dumped by Bob, though she could not afford it, Sue went out and made yet another splurchase of a Louis Vuitton handbag in an attempt to fill the void.
Etymology: splurge, purchase
