Vote for the best verboticism.
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.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
love the sound of this and a great funny sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:50:00
----------------------------
Hoarderculturalist
Created by: ampruteanu
Pronunciation: Whore-duhr-cuhl-choo-ruh-list
Sentence:
Etymology:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Sorry, didn't understand fully. Thought this was referring to a person who compensates for lack of love, attention, by buying things. - ampruteanu, 2010-08-05: 07:58:00
----------------------------
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
Celibaspree
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /SEL-uh-buh-spree/
Sentence: Donald had now been married for six years — the 'honeymoon' period was long over — and his wife no longer looked for excuses to spend time with him; quite the opposite, in fact. Having little else to occupy his attention, he spent most of his spare time in the garage restoring his old Mustang. Once he got into it, he found all sorts of extra parts, tools and accessories he could buy for the car. Donald went on a celibaspree, buying new spoilers, chrome valve covers, and new seats for Rose's birthday... Rose was the name of Donald's Mustang, not his wife, (he'd been so busy with the car, he'd forgotten his wife's birthday this year).
Etymology: Celibacy - abstention from sexual relations (from L. cælibatus "state of being unmarried") + Spree - a period, spell, or bout of indulgence; e.g. a shopping spree (alteration of Fr. esprit "lively")
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:49:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:37:00
----------------------------
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
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-05: 15:52:00
very entertaining sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:48:00
----------------------------
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.
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
Consumerate
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
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
Phallacy
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: PHALLic+fallACY
Sentence: His purchasing tools was just a phallacy, since he already had the only tool he needed for the job, but lacked the experience in using it.
Etymology: PHALLic+fallACY
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!