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'Did you really spend all our rent money on those shoes?'

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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Shoeoloigest

Created by: elliskiana

Pronunciation: shoe - oloi - gest

Sentence: study of shoe's, and how they're mad .... so yeah ahhaaaa :) sorry if my spelling sucks ... !! How there designe from the beging ..

Etymology: unknown ...

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Obshoesive

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: əbshoōsiv

Sentence: 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.

Etymology: 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)

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Poderote

Created by: JeffreyNorris

Pronunciation: 'pȯd-e-rōt

Sentence: When I told him I was a poderote, I had to explain that I liked to buy stylish shoes; he thought it meant I was a foot fetishist!

Etymology: Greek pod "foot" + erot "love"

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Cacchoreia

Created by: leeminho

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Sacrifishtileto

green

Created by: green

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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

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Clogsessive

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: klog - sess - iv

Sentence: Janelle was obsessed with her clogs. She liked how they looked, she liked how they sounded. The selection on clogs.com was exciting and she now owned 20 pairs. Her feet were not thanking her right now but Janelle was hooked on clogs.

Etymology: Clog (A type of shoe or sandal made predominantly out of wood), Obsessive

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COMMENTS:

wooden you, too? - Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:11:00

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Kicksessive

artr

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)

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Sotpedontic

Created by: scottbot374

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Hardshell

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: |hɑːd| |ʃɛl|

Sentence: Julie was a tough nut for the craic. She needed to be tough on account of her choice of footwear. The only thing tougher than Julie was Julie's feet, bulletproof they where. Very hardshell feet and a weakness for Gucci shoes or any strapless 6" heel, that's our Julie.

Etymology: Loose association of Hard sell and hard shell...which only makes sense to me, and in the context outlined above.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-06-02: 00:40:01
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-07-20: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-02: 00:24:00
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James