25 May 2016

oniomania

[oh-nee-uh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh]

noun

1. an uncontrollable desire to buy things.

Origin of oniomania

Late Latin, Greek< New Latin < Greek ṓni (os) for sale (derivative of ônos price) + -o- -o- + Late Latin mania -mania

Related forms

oniomaniac [oh-nee-uh-mey-nee-ak], noun

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Contemporary definitions for oniomania Expand

noun

a passion or insane desire to buy things

Word Origin

Greek onios ‘for sale’

Anagram

aim a onion

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On this day

25 May – Towel Day. A tribute to Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which states that a towel is ‘about the most massively useful thing that an interstellar hitchhiker can have‘. First held in 2001, two weeks after the death of Adams. Fans carry a towel with them on this day in appreciation of Adams and his work.

25 May 1999 – Bill Morgan, who had been resuscitated after spending 14 minutes clinically dead following a heart-attack, wins a $27,000 car from a Tatts Scratch lotto ticket. During a reenactment of the event for a Melbourne TV station, Bill won $250,000 from a Scratch-It ticket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBYuxQBSc0o