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'But I've already shown you every shoe in the store...'

DEFINITION: To purchase a bauble, article of clothing, or major appliance, in order to alleviate anxiety or other psychological stress. Often leads to overspending.

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Shopdeangst

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: shop-dee-ahngkst

Sentence: The shopping network has profited by taking advantage of the many shopdeangsters worldwide.

Etymology: shop + de + angst

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Storegasm

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: stoor gasem

Sentence: just becouse she needed regular storgasms didn't make her a hermesexual

Etymology: store orgasm.

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Byoncreditfixation

Created by: realnutty01

Pronunciation: Bi-on-cred-it-fix-a-shon

Sentence: He got his divorce on the grounds she had byoncreditfixation and he had no money left.

Etymology:

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Neurowidgetize

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Noo-roh-WIDGE-uh-tize

Sentence: Cynthia liked most of her earrings, but none of them seemed to say "look at me, I'm the newest assistant marketing manager for Macy's catalog sales," so she simply drove down to COSTCO and neurowidgetized a pair that did.

Etymology: Neuro (psychology prefix) + widget (gadget or insignificant sundry item) + ize (suffix that turns nouns into verbs)

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Pelfesteem

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: pelf + esteem

Sentence: Sure, the new 452" Plasma was expensive, but I was feeling low and needed some pelfesteem.

Etymology: No doubt you've heard of self-esteem? Well then.

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COMMENTS:

What does "pelf" mean? - mplsbohemian, 2007-08-20: 20:07:00

"pelf" means wealth or goods, especially those ill-gotten. - Osomatic, 2007-08-21: 13:05:00

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Federlinity

Created by: mythman

Pronunciation: feh-durr-LIHN-ih-tee

Sentence: Britney didn't have new shoes, and was hoping for a man with some Federlinity to solve that problem.

Etymology: How else would a backup-dancer earn the love of such a diva?

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Visalium

Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: Vee-sal-ium

Sentence: An afternoon of visalium would dampen Josie’s worries, especially if she stumbled upon a shoe sale, but she experienced a boomerang mood swing when the bills arrived.

Etymology: Visa + valium

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Ovemorspennedingy

Created by: pwincess9430

Pronunciation: dunno

Sentence: i have ovemorspennedingy this month

Etymology: wot duz dis meen?

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COMMENTS:

Yes, will etymology kind of means "what does this mean". You can explain the derivation of the words (history of the words) if you like. - petaj, 2007-08-20: 06:49:00