Verboticisms

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: con-soom-pul-shun

Sentence: (sung to The Christmas Song) Visa maxed out on some hopeless bling, Discover's reaching for the max you know it s been said many times many ways, Comesumepulsion's got you now...

Etymology: Consume!/Consumer + (com)pulsion

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: spɛndərləst

Sentence: In a bad case of spenderlust Brian bounced from one store to another at the mall buying most everything that caught his eye until his card was declined. Looks like its gonna be a ramen January.

Etymology: spender (somebody who pays out money in buying or hiring goods or services) wanderlust (a strong desire to travel)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Chribinger: Kri-binj-her

Sentence: There were so many Chribingers in the mall, that Master Card chuckled in glee!

Etymology: Chri for Christmas and cringe ... and binge ... for shopping binge ... er for her

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Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: stoo-pen-r-us

Sentence: Once Max had taken a second loan on the house to send his daughter to Cancun for her Sweet Sixteen with her 19 year old boyfriend, he realized he may have been overly stupenerous

Etymology: Stupid+ generous+ spend

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Created by: nicky

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I go to the mall around Christmas and trancspend till my wife calls and says its time to come home.

Etymology: trance, spend

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: plas-tik-AWR-jee

Sentence: Roxie never put off till tomorrow buying what she could buy today. And she was never so happy than at Christmas time, when her uberplasticity 'maxed out' in a plastickorgy of buying "happiness" for kith and kin alike.

Etymology: Blend of PLASTIC: a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?" [syn: credit card, plastic] TICK: , n. [Abbrev. from ticket.] Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick. To go on trust, or credit. & ORGY: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge]

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: shop-noh-sis

Sentence: Stumbling through the mall in a state of shopnosis, she was glad she brought her pillow and blanket so she could have a nice sleep on one of the comfy leather couches.

Etymology: shop + hypnosis

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COMMENTS:

I like it! Deck the malls with spending folly, fa-la-la-la-lah la-la-la-lah... - Tigger, 2007-12-16: 16:33:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: row/bot/tics

Sentence: Sally did her Christmas essay on Roweboughtics, concentrating on the spasmodic reflexes of holiday shoppers as they approached big ticket items like Wiis.

Etymology: robotics (the study of robots) + owe + bought + tics

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: hälidāz

Sentence: From Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve Julie is in a holidaze, buying more than she can comfortably afford for family and friends. She wanders the mall chanting the mantra of the **don*t want to offend** crowd, **Happy Holidays**, daring not utter the word Christmas. By Christmas Day she is as surprised as the recipients with what she has bought. The trance is finally broken in January when the OMG bills arrive.

Etymology: holiday (a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done) + daze (make someone unable to think or react properly; stupefy; bewilder)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: san-TAZ-mer-izd

Sentence: Once again the Christmas spirit had Leon absolutely Santasmerized, feeling the need to please everyone with lavish gifts, he seemed to be in a stupor and he was putting thousands of dollars he could ill afford on his credit card.

Etymology: Blend of 'Santa' and 'mesmerized' (Spellbound or enthralled. Hypnotized)

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