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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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Buypolar
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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Shollump
Created by: TrJoshB
Pronunciation: sh-awl-lump
Sentence: After the fight with her best friend over that blond boy, Hillary shollumped her credit cards to the max.
Etymology: shop + calm + Whim + relieve
Buysexual
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bahy-sek-shoo-uhl
Sentence: With a husband who was older than dirt and more money than was reasonable for any human, the gold digger became a buysexual. Shopping became a power trip that really got her juices flowing.
Etymology: buy (purchase) sexual (carnal)
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)
Therabuy
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: Th err ah by
Sentence: Wendy is finding help in therabuy. Her pain is real, and her new wardrobe is too.
Etymology: Therapy + Buy
Impenditure
Created by: ToblerOne
Pronunciation: Im-pen-di-ture
Sentence: Joan's impenditure at the mall left her bank statement dissapointing.
Etymology: Impulse + Expenditure
Baubourbonling
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: bau-bore-bon-ling
Sentence: If you ask me for another pair of shoes i will start baubourbonling.
Etymology:
Trinketfortreat
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: trink-et-for-treat
Sentence: She stroked the vase with affection and immediately felt better. In spite of the lavish expense, this was genuine trinketfortreat
Etymology: a trinket for a treat
Therapurchise
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: therra-pur-ch-ise
Sentence: Kelly felt down in the dumps today so she decided to go out therapurchising in the shoe shop to lift her spirits.
Etymology: thera - therapy. Purch- purchase - ise- suffix indicating function.
Spreewell
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: spree-well
Sentence: Sick of being underappreciated at work and home, Marcia went spreewelling at the mall.
Etymology: shopping spree + wellness + coincidental similarity to NBA player Latrell
