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splurgy

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splurge

  [splurj] verb, splurged, splurg⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, esp. a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
2. to show off.
–verb (used with object)
3. to spend (money) lavishly or ostentatiously: He splurged thousands on the party.
–noun
4. an ostentatious display, esp. an extravagantly expensive one.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; perh. b. splash and surge

Related forms:
splurg⋅i⋅ly, adverb
splurgy, adjective

Synonyms:
4. indulgence, spree.
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splurge   (splûrj)   
v.   splurged, splurg·ing, splurg·es

v.   intr.

  1. To indulge in an extravagant expense or luxury.

  2. To be showy or ostentatious.

v.   tr.
To spend extravagantly or wastefully.
n.  

  1. An extravagant display.

  2. An expensive indulgence; a spree.


[Perhaps blend of splash and surge.]
splurg'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
splurge

  1. in.
    to indulge oneself with much spending or eating. : I have to splurge every now and then. I deserve it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

splurge  (n.)
1828, "ostentatious display," perhaps a blend of splash and surge. The meaning "extravagant indulgence in spending" is first recorded 1928. The verb, in this sense, is attested from 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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