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retail therapy

noun

Definitions

  1. Shopping that is done purely for pleasure, especially as a distraction from personal…

    Shopping that is done purely for pleasure, especially as a distraction from personal difficulties or disappointments.

    • This vicious cycle, "the loneliness loop," has been studied by economists for more than a decade. But surely, if retail therapy can be medicine, there must be a way for shopping to make us feel less lonely, right?

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for retail therapy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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