petronoia
n.— «Petronoia is in full flower. Retail gasoline has some 25 to 28 cents a gallon in increases ahead just to catch up to what has happened with wholesale (gas prices) since Christmas week.» —“Gas prices might increase 24 cents” by James R. Healey USA Today Mar. 3, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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