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DEFINITION: v. To purchase a bauble, article of clothing, or major appliance, in order to alleviate anxiety or other psychological stress. Often leads to overspending. n. An item which has been purchased to fill an emotional void.
Verboticisms
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Visabinge
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: VEE-sah-binge
Sentence: After Chad broke up with her, Tracey went Visabinging to the tune of $2800.
Etymology: Visa (credit card) + binge
Creditspa
Created by: loosepiece
Pronunciation: cred - it - SPA
Sentence: after a long day at work, Angela felt she deserved a little creditspa, and so bought 5 pairs of shoes (2 for work, 1 for Sarahs party on Saturday, and 2 because they wer ereduced and an absolute bargain), 3 black shirts ( 1 short sleeved, 1 long sleeved and one that was a size too small but she'd diet into it), 2 red blouses (1 for work, to go with those fabulous trousers she'd bought last week, 1 to wear at her mothers for lunch on Sunday), 4 pairs trousers (ok they were all black, and all bootcut, but trousers are invaluable), 3 pairs jeans (one bootcut, one skinny to wear with boots, and one because they were on sale), 2 pairs of boots (1 brown, 1 black) 3 bags (1 for work, one for clubbing and one for holidays)and 6 bras (la senza had a sale on and it's been ages since she had a new bra - last month at least)
Etymology: credit card - what you use to buy something spa - what you need to relax after spending a years salary in one shopping trip!
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COMMENTS:
This got my vote just because of the sentence. - erasmus, 2007-01-15: 09:05:00
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Stresspreesyndrome
Created by: sabbychankicksass
Pronunciation: stress-spree-syndrome
Sentence: Whenever Sissy gets starts to feel a spiraling panic attack coming on, she immediately rushes to the mall to alleviate her unfortunate case of stress-spree-syndrome where she will then continue on to buy the most adorable but useless accessories for her dogs at Dolce and Gabbana.
Etymology: shopping spree caused by stress syndrome
Sdressense
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: s-dress-sense
Sentence: Following the horrendous argument with Hugh, Helen's sdressense had prevailed; the three carrier bags of clothes had been well and truly integrated into the wardrobe, and the receipts shredded .... and now for the gin and tonic before he got home ...
Etymology: stress (or s+dress) - sense
Spreelaxation
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: spree-lax-ay-shun
Sentence: after a hard week at work, the only way to unwind was with some shopping spreelaxation
Etymology: relaxation, [shopping]spree
Nebeha
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Nebe-ha
Sentence: Girl, I've be thinking your nebeha
Etymology:
Purseverance
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: per/seh/veer/ance
Sentence: Purseverance was the only remedy for her stressful existence. It calmed her to grab handfuls of cash and throw it at luxury items
Etymology: purse + perseverance
Anaesdebtic
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: an-ess-det-ic
Sentence: Clare always shopped frenziedly after a coffee morning with 'the girls'. How they earned six figures, raised children, coordinated charitable fund-raisers, (and their outfits) without ever passing through puberty puzzled Clare. Could the hollow emptiness of her inadequacy be filled with shoes? Luckily, the anaesdebtic would soon kick in.
Etymology: anaesthetic + debt
Cashquencher
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: kash-kwench-er
Sentence: In her emotional state Rachel bought those heels as a total cashquencher.
Etymology: cash + quench
