splurchase
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
A spur-of-the-moment purchase.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
And there is consensus that impulsive buying is on the rise, thanks to e-commerce and TV home-shopping, neither of which requires us to change out of our sweatpants and leave the house to make a splurchase.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “splurchase” mean?
A spur-of-the-moment purchase.
Is “splurchase” formal or informal?
splurchase is generally slang.