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• The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 14, April 1, 2001, Article 16
  

  WORD OF THE WEEK
  

  From one of my favorite email newsletters, A Word A Day,
  (http://wordsmith.org/awad/) comes this word which I'm sure
  numismatic bibliophiles can relate to:
  

  oniomania (O-nee-uh-MAY-nee-uh, MAYN-yuh) noun
  

  Excessive, uncontrollable desire to buy things.
  

  [From Latin, from Greek xnios, for sale, derivative of onos,
  price, + -mania.]
  

  "Usually, oniomania leads to financial problems, such as
  overspending on credit cards and bad credit ratings."
  Just Ask Us, Current Health 2 (Highland Park, IL), Mar 2, 2001.
  

  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.
  

  [Editor's note; Is that where Myron Xenos of The Money
  Tree got his name?]
  

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• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v04n14a16.html

Fecha de publicación

• 2001-04-01

Volumen

• 4

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