You might be an oniomaniac, and not even know it. In case you wondering, it has nothing to do with adding onions to everything, though it is necessary for French Onion Soup. An oniomaniac is a person who compulsively buys stuff. It is a compulsive disorder, and it can lead to compulsive hoarding, or having too much unnecessary stuff lying around. Hollywood has made it cute when less than intelligent yuppess buys too many shoes – but if you watch that movie, in the beginning she's unemployed and has over $50,000 in credit card debt – that isn't cute, it's irresponsible. An oniomaniac is NOT a good thing to be, as it will lead to loan lenders, debt, and despair.