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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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Moneyisticsoverintiowwoww

Created by: newspapertragedy

Pronunciation: money-is-tics-over-in-ti-ti-oww-oww

Sentence: After buying over 1,000 things with her credit card, Susie was having a severe case of Moneyisticsoverintiowwoww

Etymology: *blank*

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Signusheadache

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: sign/us/hed/ake

Sentence: I don't know which was worse, my signusheadache or the carpal tunnel in my writing wrist after mall hopping on Saturday.

Etymology: sign + sinus headache

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Alphabotophamized

Created by: eezycheez

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Spendzomenia

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: spend-zoh-preh-nya

Sentence: The spendzomenia was debilitating. She had to go through resylum [asylum and rehab rolled into one] for 2 years to let her boyfriend pay for the credit.

Etymology: schizophrenia + spend so many

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Expentorture

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: ex - pend - tore - chur

Sentence: Jonathan was subjected to painful expendtorture every month when his credit card bills arrived. It hurt his brain to contemplate how to pay for his compulsive spending.

Etymology: expenditure, torture

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Buynowpainlater

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: bye-now-PAYN-lay-turr

Sentence: As Alex opened the mail, he was stricken with buynowpainlater, the result of buying a diamond for a girl who broke up with him the next day.

Etymology: "buy now, pay later" + pain

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COMMENTS:

poor Alex - I'll bet she was a slimpicker too - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 12:18:00

You really have to wonder about Alex's dates sometimes. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-04: 13:53:00

Great word mpls! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-04: 14:03:00

nice - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 03:40:00

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