Verboticisms

Created by: shaibear

Pronunciation: Ob (From object) And content (R from happyness)

Sentence: My books have replaced people in my life, and make me feel Obcontent

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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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Created by: ToblerOne

Pronunciation: Im-pen-di-ture

Sentence: Joan's impenditure at the mall left her bank statement dissapointing.

Etymology: Impulse + Expenditure

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: bye/pohl/ar

Sentence: Her buypolar personality was responsible for her extravagant spending habits.

Etymology: buy + bi-polar

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COMMENTS:

Perfect! - wordmeister, 2007-01-15: 20:40:00

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: KRED-ther-A-pee

Sentence: Rebecca couldn't resist another session of credtherapy after her appalling job interview.

Etymology: "cred" - from credit + therapy

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COMMENTS:

My wife has this condition! - Guthlaf1, 2007-01-15: 14:50:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin

Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.

Etymology: Spend + Medicine

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Created by: spickaspanner

Pronunciation: bau-bore-bon-ling

Sentence: If you ask me for another pair of shoes i will start baubourbonling.

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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

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bye a loj ick

Sentence: When Tracy needed a morale boost, she went shopping. Any bargain she got was deemed buyalogic, as she could justify her need for the item. She needed these boosts quite often and ended up with closetfuls of clothes, shoes and accessories which had cheered her up at one time or another. Every 6 months, the Good Will people got bags of barely worn clothes from Tracy to fill the buyalogic needs of their clients. She believed in paying it forward...

Etymology: Buy (Purchase; obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction) & Logic (Thought process;reasoned judgment) and play on Biologic ( pertaining to biology or to life and living things)

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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

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