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'Did you really spend all our rent money on those shoes?'

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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Pederomania

Created by: aleebol

Pronunciation: ped arrow may nee a

Sentence: She has always had pederomania. She is a pederomaniac.

Etymology: ped: foot ero: love mania: obsessive disorder

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Heeliotropism

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: hee/leo/trow/pizm

Sentence: Sally had an advanced case of heeliotropism and could not restrain herself from purchasing shoes with higher and higher heels.

Etymology: heliotropism (an involuntary response to the sun's rays) + heel

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COMMENTS:

She's a heeliotramp! - Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:14:00

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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)

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Cacchoreia

Created by: leeminho

Pronunciation:

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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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Erotoshoer

Created by: 729715

Pronunciation: er ot oh shoe er

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Etymology: er(ot)-love(greek) oshoer-of shoes

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Clogsessive

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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Moccasinner

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mok a sin ner

Sentence: Shoesan was a macassiner of the first order. No matter what else she needed, she indulged her addiction to shoes, all kinds. She put the "oaf" in loafer; the "heel" in heels;the "flop" in flipflops;the "sneak" in sneaker;the "scandal" in sandal and the "oo" in Jimmy Choo's. Unlike her 5,000 pairs of shoes,she was a vamp, she'd pump her hubby for shoe money and she had no sole.

Etymology: Mocassin (soft leather shoe; originally worn by native Americans)& Sinner (someone who is bad, commit sins without repenting)

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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

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Pederlater

Created by: DerienRenee

Pronunciation: (Ped-er-lauht-er)

Sentence: AYE PEDERLATER. WATCHU DOIN GIR'

Etymology: Ped- Foot Lat- To be devoted to Er- Love

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-06-02: 00:40:01
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-07-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-02: 00:24:00
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James