Verboticisms

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /pra-duh-DIK-shun/

Sentence: In order to combat her Pradaddiction, Carrie was sent to a rehab center where the patients were only allowed to wear Crocs, those cheap, ugly, plastic shoes. Luckily for her, after a few days, her co-dependant shopping buddies came up with a plan. They borrowed a utility van, smuggled her out of the rehab center and brought her straight to the mall downtown. 'No woman could ask for better friends,' thought Carrie, as rifled through her credit cards to find one that wasn't maxed-out.

Etymology: Prada - a well-known Italian fashion company; designer of clothing and shoes, commonly mentioned in S&TC (originally "Prada Brothers", founded in 1913 by Mario Prada in Milan) + Addiction - complusive need characterized by obsessive behavior (from Latin, addictus "assigned, surrendered")

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COMMENTS:

BTW, I'm not in the 'fashion police' but I think those Crocs shoes are just about ugly enough to be banned in public... (check out: http://ihatecrocs.com/) - Tigger, 2008-06-02: 03:27:00

I agree...they make everyone's fett look twice their size, in juicy colours! - Nosila, 2008-06-02: 23:28:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: klog - sess - iv

Sentence: Janelle was obsessed with her clogs. She liked how they looked, she liked how they sounded. The selection on clogs.com was exciting and she now owned 20 pairs. Her feet were not thanking her right now but Janelle was hooked on clogs.

Etymology: Clog (A type of shoe or sandal made predominantly out of wood), Obsessive

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COMMENTS:

wooden you, too? - Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:11:00

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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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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: shoo-hoh

Sentence: It started innocently enough at her high school prom, when Melissa's mother loaned her a pair of pink pumps. Two inches may not seem like much, but the height was exhilarating, and immediately addictive. Before too long she couldn’t even go to the beach without wearing platform sandals. And then she jumped up to hardcore. Now she’s a total shoehoh, wobbling around the shopping mall in six-inch stilettos, begging for her next fix.

Etymology: shoe + ho (whore)

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COMMENTS:

I wonder if she can even shoewhoren in to those old pumps. - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-02: 13:17:00

I've done a bit of shoewhoren myself, and it is a bit tricky when you've got six inchers on... - wordmeister, 2008-06-02: 13:57:00

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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 ...

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pum/pul/sive

Sentence: She is somewhat pumpulsive with 248 pairs of shoes in her closet.

Etymology: pump + compulsive

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - splendiction, 2009-07-20: 20:56:00

my favorite of the day! - mweinmann, 2009-07-21: 08:25:00

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Created by: 818466

Pronunciation: ped-troph-e

Sentence: The sales women was looking around the store for a helpless person in need and laid eyes on a man that seemed in need of help, when she went to grab the shoes f his choice and returned she realized that he had pedtrophey and ruined her day.

Etymology: ped- feet. troph- to nourish

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: weak SOUL

Sentence: She bought gold-leafed, diamond-studded and other expensive shoes to bolster her weaksole.

Etymology: A pun on SOUL and weak.

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COMMENTS:

She is a sole survivor! - Nosila, 2009-07-21: 02:26:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kiksesiv

Sentence: Tommy used to give his girlfriend grief about her penchant for buying shoes. That was before she discovered his trove of sneakers that occupies the better part of his guest room. Apparently he is more kicksessive than she is.

Etymology: kicks (shoes) obsessive (preoccupy or fill the mind of someone continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent)

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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

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