Lustjunk (pl. n.)

Any highly desirable or luxury consumer item that, despite having no actual need or use for whatsoever, nevertheless suddenly becomes something that you must have and can no longer contemplate living without.

Popular examples of lustjunk include luxury sports cars, certain items of Ikea furniture, and just about anything made by Apple Computer. People have been known to go to extraordinarily lengths to own particular items of lustjunk, including borrowing large sums of money, criminal acts, and the sale, exchange or hiring out of body parts and/or immediate family members to raise the necessary capital.

Posted on Wednesday - May 18, 2005 at 08:46 PM

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Lustjunk (pl. n.)

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