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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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Splurchase
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: splur-chuss
Sentence: After being dumped by Bob, though she could not afford it, Sue went out and made yet another splurchase of a Louis Vuitton handbag in an attempt to fill the void.
Etymology: splurge, purchase
Spendeviate
Created by: tgulden
Pronunciation: spen-DEE-vee-8
Sentence: I bought this wicked pair of shoes to spendeviate my stress about my husband's affair.
Etymology: Spend - Alleviate
Impenditure
Created by: ToblerOne
Pronunciation: Im-pen-di-ture
Sentence: Joan's impenditure at the mall left her bank statement dissapointing.
Etymology: Impulse + Expenditure
Stresspreesyndrome
Created by: sabbychankicksass
Pronunciation: stress-spree-syndrome
Sentence: Whenever Sissy gets starts to feel a spiraling panic attack coming on, she immediately rushes to the mall to alleviate her unfortunate case of stress-spree-syndrome where she will then continue on to buy the most adorable but useless accessories for her dogs at Dolce and Gabbana.
Etymology: shopping spree caused by stress syndrome
Cashquencher
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: kash-kwench-er
Sentence: In her emotional state Rachel bought those heels as a total cashquencher.
Etymology: cash + quench
Sdressense
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: s-dress-sense
Sentence: Following the horrendous argument with Hugh, Helen's sdressense had prevailed; the three carrier bags of clothes had been well and truly integrated into the wardrobe, and the receipts shredded .... and now for the gin and tonic before he got home ...
Etymology: stress (or s+dress) - sense
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
Spendicine
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin
Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.
Etymology: Spend + Medicine
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)
