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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: 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)
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.
Splurgaholic
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: splurge a holl ick
Sentence: Mary was a splurgeaholic, and completely unable to leave a bag shop without at least 3 bags, which did not include the free plastic carrier to take them all home in.
Etymology: from splurging money and a-holic like an addict.
Therapay
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: therra-pay
Sentence: Fiona's credit card showed all too clearly the full extent of her therapaying
Etymology: therapy + pay
Consumania
Created by: StephLeeY
Pronunciation: consum(e)mania
Sentence: Her overwhelming week caused her to relieve stress in the only way she knows how... by shopping consumaniaically at the mall.
Etymology:
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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Baubourbonling
Created by: spickaspanner
Pronunciation: bau-bore-bon-ling
Sentence: If you ask me for another pair of shoes i will start baubourbonling.
Etymology:
Spreelaxation
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: spree-lax-ay-shun
Sentence: after a hard week at work, the only way to unwind was with some shopping spreelaxation
Etymology: relaxation, [shopping]spree
Spendicine
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: SPEND-ih-sin
Sentence: I feel awful, let's hit the Sharper Image for some spendicine.
Etymology: Spend + Medicine
Therashopy
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: theh-rah-shop-pee
Sentence: Just get dumped? Worried about finals? Need a solution? THERASHOPY
Etymology: therapy + shopping = FABULOUS!!
