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DEFINITION: v. To go to the store and buy something, but then to forget to bring it home. n. A person who forgets what they bought -- until the credit card bill comes in.
Verboticisms
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Lostshoppertunity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lost-shopper-tyu-nitty
Sentence: Just wait til you see what I bought at ... oh... no... not another lostshoppertunity.
Etymology: lost opportunity + shopper
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COMMENTS:
great blending! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-13: 13:51:00
Well done! - splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:37:00
Great word, petaj - Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:26:00
perfecto! - mweinmann, 2009-04-14: 08:02:00
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Storgetful
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stôrgetfəl
Sentence: Often Ralph would be so intent on the transaction of buying something that he would be storgetful and neglect bringing his purchase home. He insists that it has nothing to do with the amount of weed consumed during his college days, whatever college that was.
Etymology: store (a retail establishment selling items to the public) + forgetful (apt or likely not to remember)
Negoodsglect
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: na-goods-glekt
Sentence: When Hugh negoodsglected he felt as though he was offering charity to the needy and downtrodden. Things reached a crucial point, however, when he left his expensive poodle at the pet store and his new born baby daughter at the hospital.
Etymology: neglect + goods (as in items, wares)
Amneshop
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: am-knee-shop
Sentence: Gladys strolled around the Stop and Shop for 3 hours collecting her groceries to plan the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. It wasn't until she got home and unloaded that she realized that not only did she neglect to pick up even one item on her list, but also that Thanksgiving was 5 months ago. Such an amneshopper.
Etymology: amnesia + shop
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COMMENTS:
Nice shocking ending! :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-04-13: 13:50:00
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Shurk
Created by: ayyacoco
Pronunciation: Sherk
Sentence: Did you sherk the bag you bought at Prada earlier? Oh you're such a sherk! It's the second time today you've forgotten what you bought at the store!
Etymology:
Shopadaisical
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: shop-uh-DAY-zi-cul
Sentence: While on his routine shopping outings Bradley was quite shopadaisical, distracted by the sales signs, any and all activity going on around him and as often as not he would walk off after paying and leave his shopping basket at the checkout or on occasion was known to leave his purchases in the basket in the parking lot, get in his car and drive off.
Etymology: Blend of 'shopper' (buyer) and 'lackadaisical' (inattentive, uninspired)
Shoplefter
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: shop left her
Sentence: Carry never missed a chance to shop. It was always such a pity, there was that little bit, she left in the bottom of the cart. Unlike the shoplifter who took things without paying for them, Carry paid for things without taking them ... She was a chronic shoplefter!
Etymology: SHOP, LEFT, being a play on SHOPLIFT. Shop - visit stores and buy things. Left - past tense of leave; to have let something remain behind accidentally.
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COMMENTS:
Another excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:41:00
Good word...she's a kLEFTomaniac! - Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:23:00
But...she never had to deal with shoplefovers. - Mustang, 2009-04-13: 22:46:00
perfect! - mweinmann, 2009-04-14: 08:03:00
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Spendementia
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: spen-dee-men-sha
Sentence: Tricia came home elated over her purchase of the cute red leather platform heels from Macy's - too bad she had a bad case of spendementia that day - she had already bought those shoes 3 weeks ago!
Etymology: spend - to buy + dementia - cognitive disfunction that may occur as one ages
Forgetmeshop
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: for get me shop
Sentence: Hal decided the best way to help Lily avoid to forgetmeshop was to attend all outlets, malls, boutiques and markets with her. He would offer her brazen reminders of the time she’d left a posy of brightly-coloured shopping bags at the store, along with their daughter Violet. (Lily’s excuse was that she left the child to tend the flowery bags while she decided whether or not she really needed the goods...or was she simply bingbuying)? Hal would have none of it! He diligently tended to her, offering encouragement and water, hoping she’d remember her items. One day, he would get her a bouquet of Forget-me-nots to celebrate the happy shopping trips when they arrived home together remembering their purchases.
Etymology: From the flower: "Forget-me-not" and shop.
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COMMENTS:
sweet! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-13: 13:37:00
good word - Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:20:00
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Buybye
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: by by
Sentence: George always bought things and forgot them. He would buybye like that quite often and leave his purchases all over town. He also would forget where he parked his car, or as his wife put it, it was a cargo.
Etymology: Buy (to purchase) & Bye (to bid adieu,short for goodbye)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
LOL!