Verboticisms

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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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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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pump/till/ius

Sentence: Jenny is so pumptilious about owning every new pump that comes on the market that she surreptitiously takes pictures on the subway with her blackberry to help her with her shopping.

Etymology: punctilious + pump

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: sty LET oh

Sentence: Candy just loves buying sexy and stylish new shoes from places like Needless Markup - oops, I mean Neiman Marcus. She must have 150 pairs - no, I'm not kidding. She and her husband built an addition onto their bedroom, which they tell everyone was for the luxury bathroom, but really it was so that they could have a walk-in closet - just to hold all her shoes. Her husband was thinking of retiring early on the money he had made as an investment banker, but it isn't going to happen now, between the second mortgage and all the expensive shoes. But he loves and adores her - he calls her his little styletto.

Etymology: style + stiletto

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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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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: 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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Created by: lilyk12342

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She has a serious case of pedomania

Etymology: ped-foot mania-mental derangement characterized by obsession and delusions

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: EXORbitANCE+BOOT

Sentence: Her exorbootance is killing our budget, but they are always happy to see her at the shoe store.

Etymology: EXORbitANCE+BOOT. exorbitance: n. 1. Excessiveness, as of price or amount. 2. Behavior or an action that exceeds what is right or proper.

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COMMENTS:

Very amusing. I bet she lUggs her boots around with her, wherever she goes. - Tigger, 2008-06-03: 00:27:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: stil-let-toe-sis

Sentence: Stilettosis is a chronic condition that afflicts a vast number of women, manifesting at first as a penchant for cute shoes then metastasizing throughout the entire budget to include matching outfits, purses and, in extreme cases, jewelry. Women who show signs of this condition should immediately seek help from their banker. In advanced stages a pursectomy may be needed to remove the credit card.

Etymology: stiletto: (from the Italian word for dagger or switchblade) is an uncomfortable shoe with a high thin heel that women think look sexy but can lead to all kinds of foot and back maladies + osis: (suffix) a chronic or abnormal condition

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COMMENTS:

Love it! Great word and \"sentence\". - artr, 2009-07-20: 09:03:00

Gooid one...love pursectomy! - Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:16:00

Stilettosis starts with shoes and spreads "throughout the entire budget" love this too - excellent details & word. - splendiction, 2009-07-20: 20:54:00

Funny and clever....great word and story. - mweinmann, 2009-07-21: 08:26:00

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