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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.
Verboticisms
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Pederlater
Created by: DerienRenee
Pronunciation: (Ped-er-lauht-er)
Sentence: AYE PEDERLATER. WATCHU DOIN GIR'
Etymology: Ped- Foot Lat- To be devoted to Er- Love
Shoohoh
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: shoo-hoh
Sentence: It started innocently enough at her high school prom, when Melissa's mother loaned her a pair of pink pumps. Two inches may not seem like much, but the height was exhilarating, and immediately addictive. Before too long she couldn’t even go to the beach without wearing platform sandals. And then she jumped up to hardcore. Now she’s a total shoehoh, wobbling around the shopping mall in six-inch stilettos, begging for her next fix.
Etymology: shoe + ho (whore)
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COMMENTS:
I wonder if she can even shoewhoren in to those old pumps. - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-02: 13:17:00
I've done a bit of shoewhoren myself, and it is a bit tricky when you've got six inchers on... - wordmeister, 2008-06-02: 13:57:00
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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
Pederomania
Created by: aleebol
Pronunciation: ped arrow may nee a
Sentence: She has always had pederomania. She is a pederomaniac.
Etymology: ped: foot ero: love mania: obsessive disorder
Intoexicated
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: in/tokes/i/cay/ted
Sentence: To be intoexicated one must know the degree of point that is acceptable for every outfit.
Etymology: intoxicated + in + toe
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COMMENTS:
Toetally! - Nosila, 2008-06-02: 23:31:00
Good one. - Tigger, 2008-06-03: 00:29:00
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Whore
Created by: xMelody
Pronunciation: hor
Sentence: 1. The dozy bitch spent all her money on stupid and impractical shoes again; what a whore! 2. Guess those starving, AIDS-ridden African children will just have to die; and to think of the huge difference the money spent on those stupid f***ing shoes could've made to their lives - only a WHORE would do such a thing.
Etymology: whore, 'nuff said. Synonyms see: skank, hooker, harlot, fucking retarded bitch who never learned the value of money, etc.
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COMMENTS:
I just have so much...rage. - xMelody, 2009-07-20: 15:44:00
Easy on the attitude. This is just a fun little word game. Not much melody in your sentence. - artr, 2009-07-21: 13:30:00
Just kiddin', brah. - xMelody, 2009-07-22: 16:09:00
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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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Sandalous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: san dal us
Sentence: 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's words..."When you leave your footsteps in the sand, make sure they are not the mark of a heel!"
Etymology: Scandalous (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation) & Sandals (a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot)
Styletto
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
Pedomania
Created by: lilyk12342
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She has a serious case of pedomania
Etymology: ped-foot mania-mental derangement characterized by obsession and delusions
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