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DEFINITION: v. To compulsively shop for and buy shoes that are stylish, sexy and extremely uncomfortable. n. A person who has an uncontrolled, psychological dependency on impractical shoes.
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Shoeoloigest
Created by: elliskiana
Pronunciation: shoe - oloi - gest
Sentence: study of shoe's, and how they're mad .... so yeah ahhaaaa :) sorry if my spelling sucks ... !! How there designe from the beging ..
Etymology: unknown ...
Shoptishist
Created by: mikeysfbay
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd have a riding lawnmower, but my wife is such a shoptishist, that all I can afford is this scythe.
Etymology: "Shop" + "fetishist"
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COMMENTS:
One has to be mighty careful saying that....could sound like something else. - Mustang, 2008-06-02: 20:48:00
Especially if they've had too much to drink :) - mikeysfbay, 2008-06-03: 01:53:00
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Glyphomania
Created by: BIANCAGRAY1
Pronunciation: Gli-fo-mane-ee-ah
Sentence: The doctor diagnosed the kid with the knife and crazy eyes with glyphomania.
Etymology: Glyph- to carve Mania- obsession
Styletto
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: sty LET oh
Sentence: Candy just loves buying sexy and stylish new shoes from places like Needless Markup - oops, I mean Neiman Marcus. She must have 150 pairs - no, I'm not kidding. She and her husband built an addition onto their bedroom, which they tell everyone was for the luxury bathroom, but really it was so that they could have a walk-in closet - just to hold all her shoes. Her husband was thinking of retiring early on the money he had made as an investment banker, but it isn't going to happen now, between the second mortgage and all the expensive shoes. But he loves and adores her - he calls her his little styletto.
Etymology: style + stiletto
Shoehilist
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: shoo-ill-ist
Sentence: Tammy was a compulsive shoe collector. She could name a shoe brand at 50 paces. Her shoehilistic tendencies were so strong that she could only afford to eat ramen noodles and live in substandard housing. But man, did she look sylish from the ankles down.
Etymology: Shoe + nihilist
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COMMENTS:
She probably had a little neitzsche carved out for all those shoes - very clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-02: 13:21:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-02: 22:50:00
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Fetishoe
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: feh - TISH- oo
Sentence: Fetishoe. Gesundheit. her shoe shopping penchant was an illness.
Etymology: fetish + shoe + atishoo (sneeze)
Pedebtriment
Created by: focusteacher
Pronunciation: Puh deh truh ment
Sentence: Angela's awkward gait and excessive shoe store charges told Paul he'd hitched his wagon to a pedebtriment.
Etymology: From the Latin pes=foot + Latin debitum=thing owed + Latin detere=to weaken or impair
Sandalous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: san dal us
Sentence: Penny Loafer had no sole. She bought every pair of shoe in sight, whether she could afford them or not. She could not toe the line until she was strapped. Her boyfriend, Spike Oxford, thought she talked with a brogue and was about to give her the boot, as her behaviour became more sandalous. But Penny realized that if she pumped herself up, became less of a sneaker and held her tongue, she could over come this disease that Dr. Scholl specialized in. She was moved by the good doctor's words..."When you leave your footsteps in the sand, make sure they are not the mark of a heel!"
Etymology: Scandalous (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation) & Sandals (a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot)
Oochigucci
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: oōchēgoōchē
Sentence: Yes, there is a recession and she can\\\'t really afford them. Yes, they make her feet scream in pain and she can\\\'t wait to kick them off when she gets home but Susan is an oochiGucci girl. She would rather give up eating than her high-fashion shoes. On occasion she has.
Etymology: oochi (a variation on ouch, an expression of pain) + Gucci (an iconic Florentine and Italian fashion and leather goods label) also a play off of hoochie coochie
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COMMENTS:
Hysterical! Terrific word. - mrskellyscl, 2009-07-20: 06:20:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James