squandermania

(ˌskwɒndəˈmeɪnɪə)

informal jocular an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly

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squandermania

a mania for spending money.

See also: Manias, Money

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Noun

squandermania - prodigious squandering (usually by a government)

squandering - spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"

governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

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Wasting money Squandermania - the Cardiff Corporation is wasting ratepayers' money and asking them to pay money for purposes which it was not required, was the remarkable statement by Mr CH McCabe, which formed the prelude to a heated debate in the Cardiff City Council Chamber.

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In the statement signed by Stanley Ohajuruka and Godwin Onwusi, Zonal Coordinator and Acting Secretary respectively, the group warned Nigerians not to allow Atiku's demagoguery to drift the country back to the era of squandermania.

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Yet there was little in this performance to unduly worry holders Kilkenny, the Deise's next opponents at Croke Park on August 7 as Waterford were once again guilty of squandermania.

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The revelations of such "squandermania", all-too-typical in the Nigerian context (witness, for instance, the recent revelations in the banking sector), sent me into a depression more severe than I realised at the time.

In my father's land: ten years ago, Adewale Maja-Pearce (of Nigerian and British descent), decided to relocate from London to Lagos. He has just returned to Britain (perhaps for good, he doesn't know yet), because what he has seen in Nigeria in these 10 years, sometimes depresses him. Here is his personal account of conditions in his father's land

But the decision was slammed last night by Fine Gael deputy Dinny McGinley, who described it as "squandermania".

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The dossier of squandermania was compiled by Tory party finance adviser William Norton and the TaxPayers' Alliance.

pounds 50K WASTE; What Govt has cost every home

1977: 54); examples of non-blends mentioned include squandermania, daisy (historically a compound, namely day's eye) and meritocracy ("a derivative with the combining form -ocracy" [1977: 54]).

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Stopping the squandermania is a battle as much to do with ethics as economics in an industry that pumps millions of dollars each year into the economies of Alaska (where the shoreside processors operate) and Washington state (where most of the factory trawlers come from).

Seafood by-products: offshoots create opportunity