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DEFINITION: v. To purchase a bauble, article of clothing, or major appliance, in order to alleviate anxiety or other psychological stress. Often leads to overspending. n. An item which has been purchased to fill an emotional void.

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Cashquencher

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: kash-kwench-er

Sentence: In her emotional state Rachel bought those heels as a total cashquencher.

Etymology: cash + quench

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Spendxiety

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: spend - zie - ety

Sentence: Jill's spendxiety caused her credit card bills to go high when she was depressed.

Etymology: spend + anxiety

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Mallanxiety

Created by: bghicks

Pronunciation: mall anxiety

Sentence: The stress of her job cost her a fortune at the local stroll and spend as she attempted to combat her stress with mallanxiety

Etymology: mall - shopping mecca anxiety

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Anaesdebtic

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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Buypolar

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: by pol ar

Sentence: Wendy had trouble right after Christmas in not shopping. Although half-price or less, her non-essential purchases were of a buypolar nature and as a result, Wendy always completed next year's Christmas shopping by January 5th of that year. Of course finding the items or remembering who they were for was the next big challenge.

Etymology: Buy (purchase,acquire) & bipolar (of or relating to manic depressive illness)

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