{"id":996,"date":"2010-08-04T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=996"},"modified":"2010-08-04T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T16:00:07","slug":"sandalous-did-you-really-spend-all-our-rent-money-on-those-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"Sandalous: 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>Sandalous<\/strong>:  \/<em>san dal us<\/em>\/ Penny Loafer had no sole.  She bought every pair of shoe in sight, whether she could afford them or not. She could not toe the line until she was strapped. Her boyfriend, Spike Oxford, thought she talked with a brogue and was about to give her the boot, as her behaviour became more sandalous.  But Penny realized that if she pumped herself up, became less of a sneaker and held her tongue, she could over come this disease that Dr. Scholl specialized in.  She was moved by the good doctor&#8217;s words&#8230;&#8221;When you leave your footsteps in the sand, make sure they are not the mark of a heel!&#8221;  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Scandalous (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation) &amp; Sandals (a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Styletto<\/strong>:  \/<em>sty LET oh<\/em>\/ Candy just loves buying sexy and stylish new shoes from places like Needless Markup &#8211; oops, I mean Neiman Marcus.  She must have 150 pairs &#8211; no, I&#8217;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 &#8211; 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&#8217;t going to happen now, between the second mortgage and all the expensive shoes.   But he loves and adores her &#8211; he calls her his little styletto. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  style + stiletto <em>Created by:<\/em> karenanne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obshoesive<\/strong>:  \/<em>\u00c9\u2122bsho\u00c5\u008dsiv<\/em>\/ Joanne loves shoes. She has so many that her guest room has no room for any visitors. She is so obshoesive that she will wear ones that hurt her feet so much that she has to shop at the grocery in an electronic cart.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  obsessive (to be preoccupied) + shoe (a covering for the foot, typically made of leather, with a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle) + abusive (engaging in or characterized by habitual violence and cruelty) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sneakerize<\/strong>:  \/<em><\/em>\/  <em>Etymology:<\/em>   <em>Created by:<\/em> claphappy.<\/p>\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) Sandalous: \/san dal us\/ Penny Loafer had no sole. She bought every pair of shoe in sight, whether she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=996\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sandalous: Did you really spend all our rent money on those shoes?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}