Today's Word "oniomania"
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oniomania \O-nee-uh-MAY-nee-uh, -MAYN-yuh\ (noun) - Compulsive shopping; excessive, uncontrollable desire to buy things.
"Candace was periodically struck by fits of oniomania, something which tended to put a severe strain on both her closet space and her bank account."
From Latin, from Greek xnios (for sale), from onos (price) + -mania.
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