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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
Heeliotropism
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hee/leo/trow/pizm
Sentence: Sally had an advanced case of heeliotropism and could not restrain herself from purchasing shoes with higher and higher heels.
Etymology: heliotropism (an involuntary response to the sun's rays) + heel
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COMMENTS:
She's a heeliotramp! - Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:14:00
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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
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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Erotoshoer
Created by: 729715
Pronunciation: er ot oh shoe er
Sentence:
Etymology: er(ot)-love(greek) oshoer-of shoes
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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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
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)
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"
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.
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