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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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Hubbarditis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: HUB BARD EYE TIS
Sentence: Hubbarditis is an illness, a symptom of which is when you buy expensive, uncomfortable and totally impractical shoes, because everyone else does, or wishes they could! Whether you are a heel, a loafer, a runner or someone who has no sole, we all need an arch enemy to prove how good we are!
Etymology: Hubbard (Nursery Rhyme old woman, whom I thought lived in a shoe, but apparently was she of the bare cupboards instead) & itis (illness, compulsion)
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COMMENTS:
oops, got my nursery rhyme old women mixed up! - Nosila, 2008-06-02: 02:08:00
Oh well, I think she looks good in heels... - wordmeister, 2008-06-02: 16:45:00
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Ershoeotic
Created by: hunterday77
Pronunciation: er-sh-ue-o-tic
Sentence: She went completely ershoeotic in the shoe store.
Etymology: unknown
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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Erotoshoer
Created by: 729715
Pronunciation: er ot oh shoe er
Sentence:
Etymology: er(ot)-love(greek) oshoer-of shoes
Shoepperholic
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: shoo-per-holl-ik
Sentence: a quick glance in her closet was enough to confirm that she was a hopeless shoepperholic
Etymology: shoe, shopperholic
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
Imeldaranged
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Ih - MEL - duh - ranjd
Sentence: Gracielda was absolutely imeldaranged, caught up in a compulsion to buy any and every pair of shoes or other footwear that caught her eye.
Etymology: Blend of Imelda - well known shoe nut Imelda Marcos, and deranged
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COMMENTS:
I like how it rolls off the tongue - and makes me chuckle. Nice one! - mikeysfbay, 2008-06-02: 09:03:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-02: 13:18:00
such Imeldacity! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-02: 22:47:00
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Poderomania
Created by: emcfernandez
Pronunciation: pah-der-o-may-knee-ah
Sentence: My poderomania kept my closets filled to the brim with expensive, sexy shoes
Etymology: pod-foot ero-love mania-madness about, passion for
Twersectomy
Created by: 584642
Pronunciation: twur. sect. amy
Sentence: I had to get a twersectomy by my weave wearing friend Watermelondrea. Now I won't have the urge to get my eagle on everywhere I go.
Etymology: twer- to twerk sect- to cut, divide omy- removal of
Obshoesive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əbshoōsiv
Sentence: Joanne loves shoes. She has so many that her guest room has no room for any visitors. She is so obshoesive that she will wear ones that hurt her feet so much that she has to shop at the grocery in an electronic cart.
Etymology: obsessive (to be preoccupied) + shoe (a covering for the foot, typically made of leather, with a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle) + abusive (engaging in or characterized by habitual violence and cruelty)
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