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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| conspicuous consumption | |
| —n | |
| spending in a lavish or ostentatious way, esp to impress others with one's wealth | |
Buying unnecessary and expensive products and services as a way to show off wealth. The term was coined by U.S. economist Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class.