Verboticism: Expentorture

'The salesman told me I didn't need to pay a cent.'

DEFINITION: n. The type of headache you get from buying too many things with your credit card. Note: Symptoms do not usually appear until the following month.v. To buy yourself a huge credit card headache.

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Created by: debsro

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Bankruptalgia

petaj

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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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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Postshoppangsyndrome

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: post/shop/pang/syn/drome

Sentence: When the credit card bill arrived, she immediately fell into postshoppangsyndrome where the only cure was a day of receipt seaching and merchandise returning.

Etymology: posttraumaticsyndrome + shop + pang (ache or throb)

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Expentorture

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: ex - pend - tore - chur

Sentence: Jonathan was subjected to painful expendtorture every month when his credit card bills arrived. It hurt his brain to contemplate how to pay for his compulsive spending.

Etymology: expenditure, torture

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Alphabotophamized

Created by: eezycheez

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Signusheadache

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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Owetaglia

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: o tal jee ya

Sentence: Maya Graine regularly got bad headaches, especially after the mailman came to her house. She went to a doctor who told her that she suffered from owetalgia, a disease caused by excessive credit card debt. Maya thanked him for his interest, compounded the problem by going on a shoe sales spree and maxed out her Bastardcard.

Etymology: Owe (to be indebted to) & otaglia (an ache localized in the middle or inner ear)

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Buygraine

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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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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Newralgia

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: newer/algia

Sentence: He developed a serious case of newralgia when he replaced all his appliances with new ones.

Etymology: neuralgia + new

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Swipegraine

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Swipe-grain

Sentence: As soon as I made my last purchase, my cranium was throbbing with a wicked swipegraine.

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That is why I prefer to slide instead of swipe.. much easier on the noggin' - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-05: 22:07:00

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