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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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Shopxual
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: shop-xu-al
Sentence: Since married life had gotten to where Smark had zero passion from his wife, Que-Veecee...he figured if he was more shopxual eventually she may want to touch him again.
Etymology: Shop-To go from store to store in search of merchandise or bargains. Xual-taken in part from the work sexual.
Diversexion
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: die - ver - sex - shun
Sentence: Arnold's vigorous game of diversexion buying power tools, guns, weight sets, a motorcycle and other big boys toys was a thinly veiled attempt to conceal his concern over his poor performance in and waning interest for romantic activities.
Etymology: Blend of diversion and sex
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COMMENTS:
clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:48:00
Good one, Mustang - Nosila, 2008-06-05: 19:31:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:41:00
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Shopualgratification
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: shop u awl gra ti fi cay shun
Sentence: Yesterday it was her turn. He bought her two dozen long stems! 'That should buy me some time,' he thought. He felt shopuallygratified again with today's purchases...power tools, ahhhh!
Etymology: From sexual gratification and to shop.
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COMMENTS:
shop till you drop... - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 19:28:00
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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).
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
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-06-05: 18:36:00
good one - Nosila, 2008-06-05: 19:35:00
good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:47:00
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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
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
Dotcompensate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dot com pen sate
Sentence: Eddie lived a hermitic existance in a basement bedroom in his parents' house. He had no life other than that lived through his best friend, his computer. He called her Della, because she was a Dell, the romantic fool. Everyday he showered her with things he bought for her on e-bay and amazon and every imagineable shopping website. A fancy mousepad here, a scanner there, software programs to last her a lifetime. In other words, he dotcompensated for the fact that she was the only female who responded to him. Oh sure, sometimes she would freeze up if he had spoken harshly to her or she'd need her hard drive tweaked. To show his affection, he would go straight to a new site and order her something nice to make her happy. Yes, Eddie was one lonely geek, who's mother ever dispared of becoming a granny!
Etymology: dot.com (A company whose business is based around a website) & compensate (adjust or make up for;make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating;the act of furnishing an equivalent thing in the place of another)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-06-05: 05:35:00
excellent around. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:42:00
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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)
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!