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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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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)
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
Creditspa
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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Buypolar
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bīpōlər
Sentence: Jane has been diagnosed as buypolar. Despite her status as a buyathlete and her formidable buyceps and the elation of a new purchase, she also experiences depression caused by the buymonthly invoice from her credit card company.
Etymology: buy (obtain in exchange for payment) + bipolar (a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression)
Spendure
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation: spen-dyoor
Sentence: After she got fired, she spendured the rest of the afternoon buying a number of hats she would later not want to wear.
Etymology: spend + endure
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
Spendacity
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: spen da si ty
Sentence: He walked into Costco not knowing what he wanted, but only feeling the spendacity that he would find something to take the edge off the day.
Etymology: spend + mendacity (false); spending in the false hope that it will address the source of anxiety
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
Anxbuyety
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: angs-buy-ity
Sentence: Jills gets one of her anxbuyety attacks, grabs her car keys,and credit cards, and races to the mall.
Etymology: anxiety/buy
