A person perhaps with a personality disorder who goes shopping to find comfort.
Shopaholics have any number of maxed out credit cards and will sometimes buy things that they have no logical use for.
Many shopaholics eventually get into trouble for running up large debts which they are unable to pay off.
Joey: My sister went and bought four more pairs of shoes yesterday.

Jilly: But she already has about 120 pairs in her bedroom, This is more than mere retail therapy Joey, I think she may be a shopaholic.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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