How many times has this happened to you? You spent your whole life working 80 houea a week and spending only enough to eat and to have shelter. Then on impulse you bought a Vermeer at Sotheby’s auction. You spent every last dollar you had. How will you? Where will you live? In retrospect, buying a painting by that Dutch master was rash. You’d give anything to undo that last bid. You are suffering from buyer’s remorse.
But not all purchases bring about such regret. Perhaps you bought a box of doughnuts when you’re trying to eat healthier. You rue this decision, but only a bit. I mean, it’s only a small outlay and doughnuts are tasty. You are suffering from a mild form of buyer’s remorse.
We need a word for this emotion.
This word comes from the portmanteau of: mild, buyer’s, and remorse. Ta da!
TODAY’S AWESOME WORD
Mibiro
Awesome entry #56
– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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My biro was lost and then it was found in the hand of a person, who was not I.
The not I person claimed to be the owner of the biro.
To make matters somewhat more ridiculous, my name was on the biro because that’s just who I am. I bellowed “that’s my biro” however it just wasn’t working but I had the last laugh as we were both extras on the second season of Vikings and I knew the director fairly well. Suffice to say, I won and he didn’t. Nobody gets the last laugh with The Legendary Legend.