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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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Highheel

Created by: cosmo

Pronunciation: hahy-heel

Sentence: a person who prefer secondary thing over primary & basic necessities of life.

Etymology: English USA

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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

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Imeldaranged

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: eh-MEL-dah-ranjd

Sentence: Juanita 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 (mentally disturbed)

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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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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

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Shoohoh

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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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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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 ...

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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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Cacchoreia

Created by: leeminho

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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