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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.
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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
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
Twersectomy
Created by: 584642
Pronunciation: twur. sect. amy
Sentence: I had to get a twersectomy by my weave wearing friend Watermelondrea. Now I won't have the urge to get my eagle on everywhere I go.
Etymology: twer- to twerk sect- to cut, divide omy- removal of
Kicksessive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kiksesiv
Sentence: Tommy used to give his girlfriend grief about her penchant for buying shoes. That was before she discovered his trove of sneakers that occupies the better part of his guest room. Apparently he is more kicksessive than she is.
Etymology: kicks (shoes) obsessive (preoccupy or fill the mind of someone continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent)
Glyphomania
Created by: BIANCAGRAY1
Pronunciation: Gli-fo-mane-ee-ah
Sentence: The doctor diagnosed the kid with the knife and crazy eyes with glyphomania.
Etymology: Glyph- to carve Mania- obsession
Moccasinner
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)
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
Pumptilious
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
Kilochore
Created by: Squee
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My kilochore friend went on a shopping spree and is dead broke.
Etymology: kilo-one thousand, chore-dance
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