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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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Monolomanic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: man olo man ik
Sentence: Carrie had become a Manolomanic. Although she had already blown thousands on her collection of the flimsy, expensive Manolo Blahnik spikes, she could not get enough. She had run off with her boyfriend Cleat, who was a loafer with a cute brogue who had created a sandal when he did a sneaker and became a runner the day of their wedding. He did a flip-flop and decided to go through with the wedding even though he had no sole, was a heel with a loose tongue and had a permanent wedgie. Luckily Carrie was not too Jimmy Choo-sey and they lived happily on a shoestring ever after!
Etymology: Manolo Blahnik (Expensive,Designer shoe name, made more famous on Sex In The City) & Manic (affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason).
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COMMENTS:
roflmao - mrskellyscl, 2009-07-20: 07:07:00
:-) - Mustang, 2009-07-21: 07:50:00
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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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Pedtrophey
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
Pumpulsive
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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Hemiastry
Created by: TCalhoun
Pronunciation: hem-ē-as-trē
Sentence: Her act of hemiastry left her husband mortified, her excessive spending to look like a star meant he would have to work overtime.
Etymology: Hemi- half Astr- star -y Pronunciation purposes
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
Kilochore
Created by: Squee
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My kilochore friend went on a shopping spree and is dead broke.
Etymology: kilo-one thousand, chore-dance
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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Whore
Created by: xMelody
Pronunciation: hor
Sentence: 1. The dozy bitch spent all her money on stupid and impractical shoes again; what a whore! 2. Guess those starving, AIDS-ridden African children will just have to die; and to think of the huge difference the money spent on those stupid f***ing shoes could've made to their lives - only a WHORE would do such a thing.
Etymology: whore, 'nuff said. Synonyms see: skank, hooker, harlot, fucking retarded bitch who never learned the value of money, etc.
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COMMENTS:
I just have so much...rage. - xMelody, 2009-07-20: 15:44:00
Easy on the attitude. This is just a fun little word game. Not much melody in your sentence. - artr, 2009-07-21: 13:30:00
Just kiddin', brah. - xMelody, 2009-07-22: 16:09:00
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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