Verboticism: Dealusional
DEFINITION: v., To believe you're saving money by buying things which are on sale even if you don't really want or need them. n., A person who believes they are saving their money whenever they buy something on sale.
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Dealusional
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Fallashop
Created by: aleximrie
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jane's boyfriend was slowly going mad. Jane's constant fallashopping was really eating into their savings.
Etymology: fallacy + shop
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Dealusional
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: deel/loo/shun/al
Sentence: Joe became completely dealusional about the value of any item, no matter how obsolete, if it was marked down 70%, or more.
Etymology: DEALUSIONAL - from DEAL (a bargain) + DELUSIONAL (a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence)
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COMMENTS:
My fave! Gets my vote. :) - lumina, 2008-10-16: 00:56:00
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Saleaneous
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: Sale-ayn-ee-ous
Sentence: Katie was a saleaneous shopper - it didn't matter how unnecessary the item, or how many needed to be purchased to attain a discount, she would buy it with a smile and believe wholeheartedly she was actually saving money.
Etymology: From (on) sale: at a discounted price; and spontaneous: impulsive
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COMMENTS:
It also resembles salacious, if one dabbled in such bargain deals of adult variety. :) - zxvasdf, 2008-10-15: 10:36:00
time to sale-abrate - Nosila, 2008-10-15: 20:27:00
Very worthy word! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:49:00
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Frugatile
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Froo-guh-tul
Sentence: In a frugatile attempt to save money Bart and Clara bought many sale items that they had no real use for.
Etymology: Frugal and futile
Bargaint
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: barg - ain't
Sentence: Sure, you got a good deal. But you're never going to use it. What a bargaint!
Etymology: bargain + ain't
Bargainchump
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: BAHR-guhn-chuhmp
Sentence: Alex and his date went bargainchumping for half-price lawn flamingos; despite the fact that Alex lived in an apartment, he hoped to impress the young lady with his financial prowess.
Etymology: bargain-hunt + chump
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Deniacurement
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: Dee-nigh-a-cure-ment
Sentence: Tony is a constant victim of deniacurement - he's always buying things he never needs!
Etymology: Denial (refusal to acknowledge) + Procurement (the purchasing of something) = Deniacurement
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COMMENTS:
VERY clever-please expound on your funny sentences. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:54:00
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Surgain
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: SUrgain
Sentence: The bugger said this dehydrated water was 50% off and that's why he bought it. Surgain indeed.
Etymology: Sucker + Bargain
Foolociousness
Created by: deathsweep
Pronunciation: foo lo cious ness
Sentence: Juanita really showed her foolociousness when she came home with a case of cock-rings.
Etymology:
