Verboticism: Splurgia

'Must buy presents.'

DEFINITION: n., The wondrous, and the "wonder how I'm going to pay for it" feelings of the holiday shopping season. v., To stumble through a shopping mall like a zombie on a buying binge, grabbing anything and everything that will fit on your credit card.

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Splurgia

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: Splurge-e-ah

Sentence: Alphonso's new credit card was burning a big hole in his pocket. The urge to splurge was making him twitch. The only release from this afflueagony was to let loose and succumb to the fits of splurgia that had become his only source of happiness.

Etymology: Splurge + mania

Points: 542

Comments: Splurgia

Niktionary - 2007-12-14: 13:34:00
perfect, sounds like a medical condition