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oniomania, fits me to a T - 5/3/2006 11:37:59 PM

FelinePersuasion

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I could easily and have easily wracked up 60 or more dollars of crafts in those adorable craftcatalogs. I like to study the pictures then try my hand and making it myself in ways to personally suit me. I'm not even contimplating that for selling though, just personal enjoyment and charity works.

My dad got this word of the day or month thing going on and this word came through said made him think of me. and dude it's so fricken true hahah. except I don't thrill in the bill after my shopping binges I hate the bill, but I LOVe the thrill of the aquisition!I am up to my eyeballs in debt and still I want to buy all the neat things I see.

Oniomania is another word for the urge to shop till you drop, habit of the debit, thrill of the bill. According to a pearl of ancient wisdom, we don't acquire things, things acquire us. In the case of oniomaniacs, it is perhaps the fun of acquiring things that acquires them.
Imelda Marcos of the Philippines could be one prime example of this category, also known as shopaholics, though she could be better known as a shoeaholic.
This week we'll look at five uncommon words with common suffixes and prefixes.
oniomania (O-nee-uh-MAY-nee-uh, -MAYN-yuh) noun
Compulsive shopping; excessive, uncontrollable desire to buy things.
[From Latin, from Greek xnios (for sale), from onos (price) + -mania.]
-Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org)
"Like other compulsive disorders, scientists are working on a cure for oniomania. And according to a report in HealthScout, it could be just around the corner. At Stanford University, researchers are testing a drug to treat a shopaholic's desire to spend." Phenomena; Ottawa Citizen (Canada); Nov 25, 2000.

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RE: oniomania, fits me to a T - 5/4/2006 7:21:23 AM

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Hi, feline... that word caught my attention as I used it in the forum "Ford Fight"...lol and nobody knew what it was... which was cool to me that I stumped them *giggling* By the way did they cancel some of the casual forums, like Word Fight and Names? (sorry to be off topic)

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RE: oniomania, fits me to a T - 5/4/2006 8:59:16 AM

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Yeah, it was a nice word.

"Oinomania," on the other hand, should mean "craziness for wine." (I just made it up--no idea whether it really exists. Laughing...yes, it DOES exist, but it's usually spelled "oenomania." Oh well.)

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RE: oniomania, fits me to a T - 5/4/2006 11:52:03 AM

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haha. Well I am spend aholic who can't or doesn't spell for shit than* laughs*

however the spelling was copied directly from the word a day text website haha. so if it's spelled incorrectly it wasn't me I just copied the definition.

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RE: oniomania, fits me to a T - 5/4/2006 3:09:36 PM

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Spendaholic....hmm guilty as charged!

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RE: oniomania, fits me to a T - 5/4/2006 3:28:34 PM

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