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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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Oochigucci
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: oōchēgoōchē
Sentence: Yes, there is a recession and she can\\\'t really afford them. Yes, they make her feet scream in pain and she can\\\'t wait to kick them off when she gets home but Susan is an oochiGucci girl. She would rather give up eating than her high-fashion shoes. On occasion she has.
Etymology: oochi (a variation on ouch, an expression of pain) + Gucci (an iconic Florentine and Italian fashion and leather goods label) also a play off of hoochie coochie
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COMMENTS:
Hysterical! Terrific word. - mrskellyscl, 2009-07-20: 06:20:00
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Shoptishist
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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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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Kilochore
Created by: Squee
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My kilochore friend went on a shopping spree and is dead broke.
Etymology: kilo-one thousand, chore-dance
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
Ershoeotic
Created by: hunterday77
Pronunciation: er-sh-ue-o-tic
Sentence: She went completely ershoeotic in the shoe store.
Etymology: unknown
Highheel
Created by: cosmo
Pronunciation: hahy-heel
Sentence: a person who prefer secondary thing over primary & basic necessities of life.
Etymology: English USA
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
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