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'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

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

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COMMENTS:

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

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

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Tabtion

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: TAB-shun

Sentence: Rick put the 48'' plasma-screen TV on his credit card because he wanted it so much, but later had a tabtion headache over the fact that the minimum payment was twelve hundred dollars a month.

Etymology: Tab and tension

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Buygraine

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: by-grayn

Sentence: He had been caught up in an 8 hour Ebay whirlwind and he could already feel a buygraine coming on

Etymology: buy, migraine

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COMMENTS:

He needs to take some Buylenol..good word. - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 12:10:00

;D - xMelody, 2009-07-16: 16:03:00

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Visache

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: viz-ayk

Sentence: Her visaches were just as intense as her chocolate induced migraines.

Etymology: Visa + headache

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Painomonia

Created by: gonzo

Pronunciation: pain-o-monia

Sentence: He needs silence,darkness and money to cure a terrible painomonia

Etymology: pain- no money- pandemia

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Owetaglia

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: o tal jee ya

Sentence: Maya Graine regularly got bad headaches, especially after the mailman came to her house. She went to a doctor who told her that she suffered from owetalgia, a disease caused by excessive credit card debt. Maya thanked him for his interest, compounded the problem by going on a shoe sales spree and maxed out her Bastardcard.

Etymology: Owe (to be indebted to) & otaglia (an ache localized in the middle or inner ear)

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Debtache

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: det-ake

Sentence: When she got the credit card bill, she went into lamentstrual syndrome and developed a paymentdoozy of a debtache.

Etymology: debt, headache

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COMMENTS:

I was *this* close to stealing your word. - Clayton, 2007-07-04: 12:06:00

You stole my credache! That's what I get for sleeping in. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-04: 13:56:00

drunk yet Purple or high - it is the 4th of July - fireworks? - which reminds me of a song "Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight" - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 15:54:00

Well Jabber, ya cursed me twice. Now I have a song stuck in my head to accompany my sinus headache. Rained all day here. It's only 60 degrees. The highlight of my day was yanking up a garlic bulb that's the size of an onion. I may have to find a site to post a pic. (cracking open a beer in honor of the Starland Vocal Band) - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-04: 17:33:00

Way to go purple - happy 4th of July - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 19:22:00

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Cranialcreditsyndrome

Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: k-ray-nee-'l-k-red-it-sin-dro-m

Sentence: He felt a wave of cranialcreditsyndrome come upon him as he looked at the credit card bill from last month.

Etymology: From the word cranial meaning of the skull from the medieval latin root cranium which was from the greek kranium meaning skull which was related to the word kara meaning head

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