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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

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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

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Impenditure

Created by: ToblerOne

Pronunciation: Im-pen-di-ture

Sentence: Joan's impenditure at the mall left her bank statement dissapointing.

Etymology: Impulse + Expenditure

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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

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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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Purchease

Created by: Madamemojo

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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

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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

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Spendicine

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin

Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.

Etymology: Spend + Medicine

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Dyspursal

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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)

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