Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Nyoor-al-jam-ex

Sentence: The worst, most menacing headache is the Neuralgiamex, for nothing and no one can heal the wounds of one's credit card.

Etymology: Neuralgia (headache) + amex ("American Express", a popular credit card)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: pen-i-ten-shen

Sentence: Carol's penitension headache worsened the day her Visa statement arrived and she realized she'd have to explain the new carpet to Jim.

Etymology: penitence: to express guilt or remorse (usually to a confessor)+ tension: mental, emotional or nervous strain -- often manifested in a headache called a Tension Headache

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shop/pang

Sentence: A shoppang set in with the arrival of my MasterCard bill in the mail.

Etymology: shoppang - shop + pang (a sudden feeling of mental, or emotional distress)

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Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: k-ray-nee-'l-k-red-it-sin-dro-m

Sentence: He felt a wave of cranialcreditsyndrome come upon him as he looked at the credit card bill from last month.

Etymology: From the word cranial meaning of the skull from the medieval latin root cranium which was from the greek kranium meaning skull which was related to the word kara meaning head

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Created by: gonzo

Pronunciation: pain-o-monia

Sentence: He needs silence,darkness and money to cure a terrible painomonia

Etymology: pain- no money- pandemia

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: bankrupt-al-gee-a

Sentence: In a fit of pique, Morgan went on a shopping expedition with the corporate credit card purchasing a fleet of vehicles, upgrading PCs for all the staff and treating them all to a long liquid lunch. In addition to their hangovers, they also suffered bankruptalgia the next month when the company went broke and they all lost their jobs.

Etymology: bankrupt + algia (pain) - inspired also by the rupture of a blood vessel in an aneurism

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COMMENTS:

Anything with "-algia" in it gets my vote. But don't hold me to that. - Clayton, 2007-07-04: 12:04:00

Hey Clayton - there are 3 definitions today with algia in them - petaj's sounds the most severe though - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 15:46:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: bill eee us ness

Sentence: Her recent bout of plastic splurgery left her with billiousness and a strange empty feeling in her purse.

Etymology: bilious (nausea) bill, IOU,

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COMMENTS:

love the plastic splurgery - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 12:17:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: buy-grain

Sentence: after a hectic week on e-bay i started coming down with a very bad buygraine

Etymology: buy, migraine

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COMMENTS:

Sounds payinfull. Great word! - galwaywegian, 2007-07-04: 05:02:00

Yes, very good. - Clayton, 2007-07-04: 12:03:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: det/spawn/den/see

Sentence: His debtspondency was a direct result of acting like a debtsperado.

Etymology: debt + despondency

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COMMENTS:

Debtlightful word! - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 12:09:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: sign/us/hed/ake

Sentence: I don't know which was worse, my signusheadache or the carpal tunnel in my writing wrist after mall hopping on Saturday.

Etymology: sign + sinus headache

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COMMENTS:

That type of charging always leads to delay-aw-ache at night. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-04: 06:45:00

nightmares such as "A mall and the night visitors" - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 11:30:00

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