Conspicuous Consumption

The conspicuous-consumption arms race is unwinnable. ❋ Megan McArdle (2011)

Now that frugality is in, fashion lovers are feeling hemmed in by their bank balances, conspicuous-consumption guilt and eco-awareness. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A redhead, she served time in Riverdale starting in 1982, matching up nicely with the mood of conspicuous-consumption television extravaganzas like Dallas and Dynasty, before leaving town on an indefinite hiatus after she proved not such a hit with readers — only to return just in time for the Betty-Veronica showdown. ❋ Windolf, Jim (2006)

"Value-concept stores like Wal-Mart will fare best, while luxury stores got hit harder, because it's hard to combine grief and mourning with going out and making conspicuous-consumption purchases." ❋ Unknown (2001)

Oliver Stone's classic epitomized the conspicuous-consumption mentality of the 1980s and provided ❋ Unknown (2010)

Oliver Stone's classic epitomized the conspicuous-consumption mentality of the 1980s and provided Michael Douglas with one of his best-known characters and best-known lines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But conspicuous-consumption reality television has remained virtually untouched by the recession. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"But studies by the American Affluence Research Center suggest a majority of affluent consumers are largely indifferent to luxury goods of the conspicuous-consumption ilk." ❋ Unknown (2009)

If nothing else, this definitively proves that it's still funny to see rap's conspicuous-consumption conventions upended, à la the Roots 'classic ❋ Unknown (2009)

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I’ve been in homes with unironic velvet Elvises, watched young men wearing shirts in praise of Tu’pac, and seen conspicuous-consumption posterboys sporting Che Guevara and Charles Manson tattoos on their shins. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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