Splurchase

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spur-of-the-moment purchase. slang

    "And there is consensus that impulsive buying is on the rise, thanks to e-commerce and TV home-shopping, neither of which requires us to change out of our sweatpants and leave the house to make a splurchase."

Synonyms

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impulse buyimpulse buyimpulse purchaseimpulse purchase

Example

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"And there is consensus that impulsive buying is on the rise, thanks to e-commerce and TV home-shopping, neither of which requires us to change out of our sweatpants and leave the house to make a splurchase."

Etymology

Blend of splurge + purchase.

Related phrases

spur of moment

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