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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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Enderythralgia

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəɹɪˈθɹældʒiə/

Sentence: Enderythralgia is quite common and most medical experts consider it a rational response, and thus not a true pathology. Endomelanalgia (pain caused by _not_ being in the red) is a much rarer and more serious condition.

Etymology: end- (in) + erythr- (red) + -algia (pain) "pain caused by being in the red"

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Migrastic

Created by: Paloma

Pronunciation: my-GRAS-tic

Sentence: My online shopping habit has created a migrastic-inducing monthy ritual of opening my credit-card bills.

Etymology: migraine + plastic

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Sinvoice

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sinˌvois

Sentence: In order to compensiate for her breakup with her boyfriend, Joyce went on a shopping spree. She went through a considerable amount of plasticoin. Her euophoria lasted nearly a month until the sinvoice arrived.

Etymology: sin (an act regarded as a serious or regrettable fault, offense) + invoice (a list of goods sent or services provided, with a statement of the sum due for these; a bill)

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Credithead

Created by: LMR1991

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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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Plastipain

Created by: mkbransford

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Credache

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: KRED-eyk

Sentence: After three hours on hold with her bank, Jackie's credache was debtamorphosing into an arrearache.

Etymology: credit + headache

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COMMENTS:

petaj sounds debititating. - petaj, 2007-07-04: 03:46:00

sounds like a contageous strain of sellyoulitis. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-04: 06:24:00

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Debtache

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: det - aik

Sentence: After her Sunday spending spree, Nancy came home with a splitting debtache. Good thing that she had purchased ten bottles of Tylenol on sale. When she received the bill, she finished off the other nine bottles.

Etymology: debt, arche, play on headache

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Sellebralhemorrhage

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: sell/ee/brall/hem/or/aj

Sentence: My bank account suffered a sellebralhemorrahage after my last shopping spree.

Etymology: cerebral hemorrhage + sell

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Visagraine

Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: vee-sa-grayn

Sentence: The intensity of Jenny's monthly attack of visagraine depended on how close she came to her credit limit.

Etymology: visa (card) + migraine

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COMMENTS:

I just realized that this could appear sexist. I know that Johnny could just as easily buy 35 pairs of shoes (or power tools for that matter) My apologies to anyone who needs them! - administraitor, 2007-07-04: 10:35:00

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Comments:

petaj petaj - 2007-07-04: 03:45:00
Sounds debititating!

petaj petaj - 2007-07-04: 03:45:00
Oops, that was meant to be a comment on credache!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-07-16: 00:05:00
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James