SPLURGE and ONIOMANIA

From Sampath’s Desk:

SPLURGE and ONIOMANIA:

 

SPLURGE:

 

Meaning:

 

Overdo or overindulge in something - to make an extravagant or ostentatious display - to go on a spending spree - an act of spending money  unrestrainedly or extravagantly - ostentatious show especially of wealth - a bout of unrestrained extravagance 

 

 

Example sentences:

 

If I win the lottery, I can SPLURGE and buy anything I want.

 

He is saving money now; so, he can SPLURGE on his vacation over the year-end.

 

Always a wealthy person, ‘X’ was known to SPLURGE on diversions for holidaying in resorts with his family and guests.

 

She went out on a SPLURGE when she got her first wage packet.

 

No work this afternoon; let’s really SPLURGE in fun-plays including Anthakshari.

 

Even people on diet may rarely get tempted to go on an occasional SPLURGE on their favourite food items.

 

Enjoying simple and inexpensive pleasures like nature-gazing, listening to music on sound systems at home and walking can quell the urge to SPLURGE.

 

The lawmakers urged for a SPLURGE on infrastructure spending.

 

 

ONIOMANIA:

 

Pronunciation:

 

Owe(Awe)-nio-mania - ஓ(ஆ)னியோ-மேனிய

 

 

Meaning:

 

An abnormal impulse to buy things or a condition characterized by such impulses - an uncontrollable desire to buy things whether they are actually needed or not - a Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD) characterized by an obsession with shopping and a peculiar buying behaviour - an excessive desire to buy articles of all kinds, whether worth or not.

 

 

Example sentences:

 

What differentiates ONIOMANIA from healthy shopping is the compulsive, destructure, and chronic nature of buying things.

 

ONIOMANIA, otherwise known as ‘shopping addiction’, has become a common problem in America today.

 

Although ONIOMANIA (buying mania) was first mentioned as early as 1915, there are good reasons to say that 'compulsive buying' emerged as a widespread phenomenon only in recent times.

 

Social conditions also play an important role in ONIOMANIA as a postmodern addiction.

 

 

Proverb:

 

தாயைப்பார்த்துப் பெண்ணைக் கொள்ளு, பாலைப் பார்த்துப்

பசுவைக் கொள்ளு.


Before taking a woman in marriage, ascertain about her mother, and before buying a cow, ascertain the quantity of its milk.



 

(R.SAMPATH)

12/2/2021

 

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