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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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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
Spendicine
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin
Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.
Etymology: Spend + Medicine
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
Visabinge
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
Shopstinence
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: shop-sti-nens
Sentence: After a long day at work, her shopstinence kicked in, and she spent all the rent-money on shoes and underwear.
Etymology: shopping + abstinence
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
Credtherapy
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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Spenderbation
Created by: sleep
Pronunciation: spend-er-bay-shun
Sentence: After a horrific day at work, she went to the mall to spenderbate.
Etymology: spend + well, you know.
Dyspursal
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: dis-PURSE-al
Sentence: Lenny dispersed all his life-savings with his chronic dyspursal, a downward spiral to bankruptcy
Etymology: dys (from dysfunctional) + purse (container for holding money) + dispersal (spreading widely)
Disdress
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dis dress
Sentence: When Sheila was feeling low, she always felt a little retail therapy went a long way. She found articles of clothing the most soothing to lift her mood. Her latest disdress was a simple little black cocktail number, in case her life improved and she ever might get invited out somewhere...she'd be ready.
Etymology: Distress (psychological suffering) & Dress (a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice;clothing in general)
