{"id":695,"date":"2009-07-22T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=695"},"modified":"2009-07-22T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T16:00:04","slug":"pumpulsive-did-you-really-spend-all-our-rent-money-on-those-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Pumpulsive: Did you really spend all our rent money on those shoes?"},"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>Pumpulsive<\/strong>:  \/<em>pum-pul-sive<\/em>\/ She is somewhat pumpulsive with 248 pairs of shoes in her closet. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  pump + compulsive <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Pumpulsive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=splendiction\">splendiction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-20: 20:56:00<\/em> <br \/>excellent!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mweinmann\">mweinmann<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-21: 08:25:00<\/em> <br \/>my favorite of the day!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Monolomanic<\/strong>:  \/<em>man olo man ik<\/em>\/ 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!  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Manolo Blahnik (Expensive,Designer shoe name, made more famous on Sex In The City) &amp; Manic (affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason). <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Monolomanic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mrskellyscl\">mrskellyscl<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-20: 07:07:00<\/em> <br \/>roflmao<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-21: 07:50:00<\/em> <br \/>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Stilettosis<\/strong>:  \/<em>stil-let-toe-sis<\/em>\/ 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.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  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 <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Stilettosis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=artr\">artr<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-20: 09:03:00<\/em> <br \/>Love it! Great word and &#8220;sentence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-20: 12:16:00<\/em> <br \/>Gooid one&#8230;love pursectomy!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=splendiction\">splendiction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-20: 20:54:00<\/em> <br \/>Stilettosis starts with shoes and spreads &#8220;throughout the entire budget&#8221; love this too &#8211; excellent details &amp; word.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mweinmann\">mweinmann<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-21: 08:26:00<\/em> <br \/>Funny and clever&#8230;.great word and story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Heeliotropism<\/strong>:  \/<em>hee-leo-trow-pizm<\/em>\/ Sally had an advanced case of heeliotropism and could not restrain herself from purchasing shoes with higher and higher heels. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  heliotropism (an involuntary response to the sun&#8217;s rays) + heel <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Heeliotropism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-20: 12:14:00<\/em> <br \/>She&#8217;s a heeliotramp!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<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><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\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) Pumpulsive: \/pum-pul-sive\/ She is somewhat pumpulsive with 248 pairs of shoes in her closet. 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