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DEFINITION: To purchase a bauble, article of clothing, or major appliance, in order to alleviate anxiety or other psychological stress. Often leads to overspending.
Verboticisms
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Buypolar
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: bye/pohl/ar
Sentence: Her buypolar personality was responsible for her extravagant spending habits.
Etymology: buy + bi-polar
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COMMENTS:
Buyagra may help. - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-20: 11:33:00
This is an awesome word! Me thinks I suffer from this disorder. - buggy96, 2007-08-20: 22:04:00
How much can a buypolar bear? Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-20: 23:24:00
A little word recycling I see. - petaj, 2007-08-21: 05:12:00
best word in ages! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-21: 05:38:00
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Resplurgerate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-splurj-er-ate
Sentence: Renae had an oversupply of Eskies (cooler boxes) in her garage, but in her search for the ultimate chill pill, she had just purchased a bar fridge and was eyeing off a side-by-side refrigerator/freezer. Not only was her credit card maxed out, but she was in danger of missing payments on her electricity account. Maybe there's a sweet little retro Kelvinator that will take the edge of the debt stress if she resplurgerated one more time.
Etymology: Refrigerator (a major appliance with a nice chill factor) + splurge (retail binge)
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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Therapurchase
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: THEHR-uh-per-chuhs
Sentence: A joint chequing account proved disastrous for Alex, as his girlfriend therapurchased her way through the relationship, and on to the breakup.
Etymology: therapy + purchase
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COMMENTS:
I'll buy that one - galwaywegian, 2007-08-21: 05:37:00
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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?
Shopery
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: sh-op-or-ee
Sentence: i had a hard day at work i need some shopery.
Etymology: shop/therapy
Psychoverspendilleviation
Created by: Uccxxxv
Pronunciation: Psycho-over-spend-ill-evy-ahe-shun
Sentence: "I'll give you some pills for your psychoverspendilleviation, but if all else fails i'll have to take your wallet.
Etymology: Psychological + Over + Spend + alleviation
Storegasm
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: stoor gasem
Sentence: just becouse she needed regular storgasms didn't make her a hermesexual
Etymology: store orgasm.
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:
