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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)

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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.

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Consumerate

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: con-syoo-mer-8

Sentence: Although Gerard and Bernadette had never had sex, they had consumerated their union by having a spending spree on their honeymoon.

Etymology: consumate + consumer

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COMMENTS:

simple but very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:50:00

Excellent...very funny! - Mustang, 2008-06-05: 18:37:00

Hope they don't start shopping around?? good word and funny. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:40:00

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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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Lacksexumer

carlosrizo

Created by: carlosrizo

Pronunciation: lack-sex-sumer

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Etymology: Lack (absence) Sex Sumer (from consumer)

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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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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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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

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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

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Purchosexual

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: pur-cho-SEK-shoo-uhl

Sentence: Roxie never had the slightest intention of consummating her marriage to Bob. After all, think of the danger: children are expensive, leaving little for spend-ups on yourself. Initially, naturally, Bob raised objections to the idea, but gradually she made him see the 'wisdom of her ways. What's more realizing that he had plenty of money to indulge himself with, he began splurging with a red hot passion in procuring the most exotic screws. Still, at times, he did feel that he had been toolshedded; though life was certainly not without its ups and downs as a purchosexual.

Etymology: PURCH of purchase & SEXUAL, as in metrosexual, retrosexual, fauxmosexual. Cognate:purchosexuality

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COMMENTS:

love the sound of this and a great funny sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:50:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-06-05: 00:00:01
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!