Verboticism: Bankruptalgia
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.
Bankruptalgia
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
Points: 395
Comments: Bankruptalgia
Clayton - 2007-07-04: 12:04:00
Anything with "-algia" in it gets my vote. But don't hold me to that.
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-04: 15:46:00
Hey Clayton - there are 3 definitions today with algia in them - petaj's sounds the most severe though