{"id":370,"date":"2008-06-05T22:44:15","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T03:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2008-06-05T22:44:15","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T03:44:15","slug":"shoehilist-toes-in-for-the-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Shoehilist toes in for the top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To compulsively shop for and buy shoes that are stylish, sexy and extremely uncomfortable. <em>n.<\/em> A person who has an uncontrolled, psychological dependency on impractical shoes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/shoed.gif\" alt=\"Did you really spend all our rent money on those shoes?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shoehilist<\/strong>:  \/<em>shoo-ill-ist<\/em>\/ Tammy was a compulsive shoe collector.  She could name a shoe brand at 50 paces. Her shoehilistic tendencies were so strong that she could only afford to eat ramen noodles and live in substandard housing. But man, did she look sylish from the ankles down. <em>Etymology:<\/em> Shoe + nihilist <em>Created by:<\/em> pieceof314.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Shoehilist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 13:21:00<\/em><br \/>\nShe probably had a little neitzsche carved out for all those shoes &#8211; very clever<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 22:50:00<\/em><br \/>\nNice word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Impedicunious<\/strong>:  \/<em>im-pedi-kew-nee-us<\/em>\/ Sally was so impedicunious that when she finally found herself homeless she was able to build a shelter made entirely of shoes. She even landscaped with shoe trees. <em>Etymology:<\/em> impecunious (having little or no money) + pedi (to do with the foot) <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Impedicunious:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=wordmeister\">wordmeister<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 13:54:00<\/em><br \/>\nLove the shoe trees! I&#8217;m going to put them in my yard<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 20:46:00<\/em><br \/>\nI remember her tootin&#8217; on her shoe horn and her &#8216;shoe&#8217; fly pie is the best there is.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 22:50:00<\/em><br \/>\nAt least she had some shubbbery &#8211; funny sentence and good word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pradaddiction<\/strong>:  \/<em>-pra-duh-DIK-shun-<\/em>\/ In order to combat her Pradaddiction, Carrie was sent to a rehab center where the patients were only allowed to wear Crocs, those cheap, ugly, plastic shoes.  Luckily for her, after a few days, her co-dependant shopping buddies came up with a plan.  They borrowed a utility van, smuggled her out of the rehab center and brought her straight to the mall downtown.  &#8216;No woman could ask for better friends,&#8217; thought Carrie, as rifled through her credit cards to find one that wasn&#8217;t maxed-out.   <em>Etymology:<\/em> Prada &#8211; a well-known Italian fashion company; designer of clothing and shoes, commonly mentioned in S&amp;TC (originally &#8220;Prada Brothers&#8221;, founded in 1913 by Mario Prada in Milan) + Addiction &#8211; complusive need characterized by obsessive behavior (from Latin, addictus &#8220;assigned, surrendered&#8221;) <em>Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Pradaddiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Tigger\">Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 03:27:00<\/em><br \/>\nBTW, I&#8217;m not in the &#8216;fashion police&#8217; but I think those Crocs shoes are just about ugly enough to be banned in public&#8230; (check out:  http:\/\/ihatecrocs.com\/)<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 23:28:00<\/em><br \/>\nI agree&#8230;they make everyone&#8217;s fett look twice their size, in juicy colours!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Imeldaranged<\/strong>:  \/<em>Ih &#8211; MEL &#8211; duh &#8211; ranjd<\/em>\/ Gracielda was absolutely imeldaranged, caught up in a compulsion to buy any and every pair of shoes or other footwear that caught her eye.<br \/>\n<em>Etymology:<\/em> Blend of Imelda  &#8211; well known shoe nut Imelda Marcos,   and deranged <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Imeldaranged:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mikeysfbay\">mikeysfbay<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 09:03:00<\/em><br \/>\nI like how it rolls off the tongue &#8211; and makes me chuckle. Nice one!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 13:18:00<\/em><br \/>\nfunny<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-06-02: 22:47:00<\/em><br \/>\nsuch Imeldacity!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=shoed\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=shoed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the create-a-word game<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Verbotomy\">Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-06-02: 00:40:01<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s definition was suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\"><strong>Nosila<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you Nosila. ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Shoehilist: \/shoo-ill-ist\/ Tammy was a compulsive shoe collector. She could name a shoe brand at 50 paces. 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