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DEFINITION: v. To compensate for lack of love, attention and/or sexual favors by buying things, lots of things. n. An object purchased to compensate for sexual dawdling.
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Mallcontent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mall con tent
Sentence: When Cyrus found himself feeling the everydayness of marriage, he would head out for a day of retail therapy to become a true mallcontent.
Etymology: Mall (shopping Mecca) & Content (Happy) & WorPlay on Malcontent (a person who is discontented)
Conerapy
Created by: kulekrizpy
Pronunciation: con-air-ap-y
Sentence: Tony had been feeling neglected by his girlfriend lately, and had the urge to use conerapy.
Etymology: "con" from the word consume (to use or buy) and "erapy" from the word therapy (treatment of an illness or disability). Made to sound similar to compensate (make up for).
Masterbysion
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: master-buy-shun
Sentence: Poor Steve had been in a fulfilling heterosexual relationship for so long his only sexual outlet was popping down to his local hardware megastore for some much needed masterbysion in the extendable tool aisle
Etymology: i'll let you all rack your brains to figure this one out...
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COMMENTS:
masterfull - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:48:00
He might have been looking for a lathe? - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:45:00
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Foodiddle
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: foo-did-le
Sentence: After 17 and half hours of abstinence, Seymour was about ready to jump out of his pants, so rather than attacking his boss – for some bizarre reason she was getting more and more attractive by the second – he went downstairs fooddidled himself with brand new cravat. And as the afternoon wore on, he simply tightened the loop around his neck whenever the urge returned. Sadly none of his coworkers noticed, until it was too late...
Etymology: fool ( or faux) + diddle
Matadote
Created by: tgulden422
Pronunciation: MAT-uh-dote
Sentence: Guy 1: "Bought her a $5000 bracelet as a token of my affection." Guy 2: "Desperate much? Way to matadote."
Etymology: Mata - material, dote - to love in excess
Sexstitute
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sex/sti/toot
Sentence: When Joe and Jenny were having an extended fight and not talking to each other, Joe would sexstitute with the purchase of many big ticket items.
Etymology: SEXSTITUTE - verb - from SEX + SUBSTITUTE
Sublimitlessmation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sub/limit/less/may/shun
Sentence: To take his mind off his on again off again relationship Sam resorted to sublimitlessmation and maxed out four credit cards in the process.
Etymology: sublimation (divert the energy of a primitve impulse) + limitless
Lustomerservice
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: lust-ah-mer-ser-viss
Sentence: he headed to the mall for some lustomerservice.
Etymology: lust, customer service
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COMMENTS:
Lust it...I mean love it! - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 19:27:00
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Shopanofrolic
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Shopp-an-o-frolik
Sentence: Having been married for several years, Carol's sex life was virtually non - existent, She turned into a shopanofrolic to compensate. She would buy expensive items on her credit cards then got a headache when the statement came in, so it had the same effect in the end anyway!!
Etymology: Shop (to purchase items) + Frolic (to behave in a 'playful' manner) = Shopanofrolic
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:52:00
very entertaining sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:48:00
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Weddedbling
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: |wɛdɛdblɪŋ|
Sentence: The absence of satisfactory relations lead Mary to develop a mild to severe case of weddedbling.
Etymology: A divorcing of wedded bliss and subsequent uniting of wedded bling. Wedded: A legal agreement between couples to ignore each other. Bling: Items of consumer fancy, usually tacky/second rate/imitation in origin.
Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by the scene in Sex and the City where a sex-starved Samantha fills her Mercedes with boxes from Gucci ~ James
- 2008-06-05: 15:25:00
Ahaha - I just read this after I created my word...seems like we're both on the same thought track!!!!
- 2008-06-05: 17:30:00
Yes -- is it genetic?? Great word!