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DEFINITION: v. What boyfriends and husbands do while they are waiting their girlfriends and/or wives to shop. n. A person doing such a thing.
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Purchiatus
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: pur-chai-ay-tuss
Sentence: "Sorry, I can't meet you at the bar right now, I'm on a purchiatus."
Etymology: purchase + hiatus
Gaptive
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: gap/tiv
Sentence: He wanted to be at home watching the game but instead he was held gaptive at the Gap outlet
Etymology: gap + captive
Mandroid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mandroid
Sentence: Whenever Cindy goes shopping, her boyfriend becomes her mandroid. He becomes a purse-holding, head-nodding, cart-pushing robot. He will spout pre-determined phrases like ”that looks great on you” or ”no, that’s not too much to spend if you really like it”.
Etymology: man (an adult human male) + android (a robot with a human appearance)
Contemplaza
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/tem/pla/za
Sentence: While dutifully lugging bags around like a pack mule, Chris would quietly contemplaza the meaning of life.
Etymology: contemplate + plaza
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COMMENTS:
aplaz (clapclapclap) - galwaywegian, 2007-09-26: 07:21:00
Perhaps Chris should comtemplaza this that: some women become nags because their husbands behave like mules! Good word:looks nice, sounds nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 19:01:00
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Vapidrift
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: VAY-pih-DRIFT
Sentence: Lawrence could not bring himself to follow his wife into the Aromabody Boutique, even to dampen her urge to spend,spend, spend. Instead , he chose voluntary exile to the mallhall, where he would VAPIDRIFT with the herd of patient husbandry, a hundred-meter stare in his glazed eyes. Teen girls, ancient immigrants and momshoppers piloting triple tandem strollers jockeyed around him as he waited for the prized seat on a hard plastic bench. Time stretched to infinity as other VAPIDRIFTERS milled around in their assigned areas - no more than ten steps from the entrance, but not too close to the semi-erotic manneqins in the windows of BarnDress Woman discount plus-size fashion emporium. There would be no mercy for the man who wandered away. Lawrence checked his watch for the umpteenth time, resigned to his fate as a docile consumer support unit.
Etymology: VAPId+DRIFT=VAPIDRIFT.....Vapid: lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force- Latin vapidus flat-tasting; akin to Latin vappa flat wine and perhaps to Latin vapor steam......DRIFT:something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or as if by a natural agency- Middle English; akin to Old English drīfan to drive.
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COMMENTS:
We regret the passing of Laurence Urdang. 1927-2008 - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 00:49:00
how tragic - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-27: 16:03:00
Another great word and real-life story. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-28: 00:59:00
Some day, lad...all this will be yours. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:37:00
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Mallancholy
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: mahl-uhn-kuhl-eee
Sentence: Dave went mallancholy as he stood holding Debra's handbag at the Emasculation Station outlet store.
Etymology: mall + melancholy
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-26: 11:50:00
Seems as if Dave got himself into a eunuch predickament. Might decide to keep the handbag! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 22:19:00
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Shoperfunctorate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: shop-pur-FUNKSHO-rate
Sentence: Bob is not an optimist, he never double parks while Roxie is shopping. All he hopes for, as he shoperfunctorates, is that Roxie's feet will start to hurt before his wallet does. And when she's seriously shoprocrasty, he never ridicules her or becomes boutique-piqued, but remains mart-smart even when she tries on a dozen dresses and an imelda of shoes.
Etymology: Blend of shop & perfunctorate: done merely to get rid of the duty, performed mechanically, by rote, superficially. Cognates: Shoperfunctory, Shoperfunctoriness.
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COMMENTS:
I love boutique-piqued and the imelda of shoes - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-26: 10:46:00
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Parcelmoany
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: par/sell/moany
Sentence: Parcelmoany is a state of extreme vexation when one is loaded down with expensive items he can't afford.
Etymology: parcel + parsimony (extreme econmoy) + moan
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COMMENTS:
Parcelmoany is inspired. I'd like to read more about the affliction. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-28: 03:08:00
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Spreeander
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: spree-an-durr
Sentence: Spreeandering about the mall for hours while Sandy tried on countless pairs of jeans left Jack barely coherent, and hungry. When he saw his honey finally emerge from her umpteenth dressing room, he grunted something about "done yet" and "food court" - much to her annoyance. "Geez, Jack, don't be such a Spreeanderthal" she retailiated (retail + retaliate), handing him the most expensive pair she had found.
Etymology: (shopping) spree + meander
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COMMENTS:
Is that when he went off in perch haste? - petaj, 2007-09-26: 04:47:00
At the end of a shopping spree a woman is tired as well as spent. Nice blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-26: 18:47:00
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Boutiquegate
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /buˈtikˌge(ɪ)t/
Sentence: We who are stuck boutiquegating our significant others are very thankful to those few store designers who thought to provide comfortable seating just outside the dressing rooms.
Etymology: from boutique + tailgate
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Can't you be arrested for MASTERWAITING in public?
galwaywegian - 2008-08-27: 05:56:00
Or masterbaiting at college
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James