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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pleonexia #178942 08/29/2008 7:10 PM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Riverside, CA, USA Liza Jane stranger Liza Jane stranger Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Riverside, CA, USA Pleonexia as an affliction seems closely related to  Quote: Affluenza, n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. (From a 1997 PBS special; http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/home.html ) "Affluenza" received an Honourable Mention in 2006 from the Macquarie Dictionary -- almost the Word of the Year if it weren't for "muffin top." (Hmm, the result of squeezing a bloated body into fashionably tight pants; was the body bloated or the clothing purchased due to pleonexia?) Word Spy cites Tom Shales, 1979, for the earliest use in print. http://www.wordspy.com/words/affluenza.asp Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pleonexia Liza Jane #178947 08/30/2008 8:11 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The World Vision Australia aid organisation recently ran this spoof on the condition of teenage affluenza. It would be funny if it weren't so accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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