squandermania


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squandermania

(ˌskwɒndəˈmeɪnɪə)
n
informal jocular an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
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squandermania

a mania for spending money.
See also: Manias, Money
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Noun1.squandermania - prodigious squandering (usually by a government)
squandering - spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"
governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
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Wasting money Squandermania - the Cardiff Corporation is wasting ratepayers' money and asking them to pay money for purposes which it was not required, was the remarkable statement by Mr CH McCabe, which formed the prelude to a heated debate in the Cardiff City Council Chamber.
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1977: 54); examples of non-blends mentioned include squandermania, daisy (historically a compound, namely day's eye) and meritocracy ("a derivative with the combining form -ocracy" [1977: 54]).
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