Verboticism: Bankruptalgia

'The salesman told me I didn't need to pay a cent.'

DEFINITION: n. The type of headache you get from buying too many things with your credit card. Note: Symptoms do not usually appear until the following month.v. To buy yourself a huge credit card headache.

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Bankruptalgia

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: bankrupt-al-gee-a

Sentence: In a fit of pique, Morgan went on a shopping expedition with the corporate credit card purchasing a fleet of vehicles, upgrading PCs for all the staff and treating them all to a long liquid lunch. In addition to their hangovers, they also suffered bankruptalgia the next month when the company went broke and they all lost their jobs.

Etymology: bankrupt + algia (pain) - inspired also by the rupture of a blood vessel in an aneurism

Points: 398

Comments: Bankruptalgia

Clayton - 2007-07-04: 12:04:00
Anything with "-algia" in it gets my vote. But don't hold me to that.

Jabberwocky - 2007-07-04: 15:46:00
Hey Clayton - there are 3 definitions today with algia in them - petaj's sounds the most severe though