Has anyone noticed a trend toward massive, cumbersome multi-word modifiers in the written word? I'm thinking of constructions like:

"We can't continue this I-have-to-spend-my-paycheck-as-soon-as-I-get-it mentality." (I made this one up, but you get the idea.)

Sometimes I find it to be a clever way to communicate; other times I lose track of the sentence. (What was the subject again?)

Any wisdom out there? Egregious examples? gs