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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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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
Baubourbonling
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: bau-bore-bon-ling
Sentence: If you ask me for another pair of shoes i will start baubourbonling.
Etymology:
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
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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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)
Therashopy
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: theh-rah-shop-pee
Sentence: Just get dumped? Worried about finals? Need a solution? THERASHOPY
Etymology: therapy + shopping = FABULOUS!!
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
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
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
