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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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Poderomania

Created by: emcfernandez

Pronunciation: pah-der-o-may-knee-ah

Sentence: My poderomania kept my closets filled to the brim with expensive, sexy shoes

Etymology: pod-foot ero-love mania-madness about, passion for

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Weaksole

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: weak SOUL

Sentence: She bought gold-leafed, diamond-studded and other expensive shoes to bolster her weaksole.

Etymology: A pun on SOUL and weak.

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COMMENTS:

She is a sole survivor! - Nosila, 2009-07-21: 02:26:00

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Pradaddiction

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /pra-duh-DIK-shun/

Sentence: In order to combat her Pradaddiction, Carrie was sent to a rehab center where the patients were only allowed to wear Crocs, those cheap, ugly, plastic shoes. Luckily for her, after a few days, her co-dependant shopping buddies came up with a plan. They borrowed a utility van, smuggled her out of the rehab center and brought her straight to the mall downtown. 'No woman could ask for better friends,' thought Carrie, as rifled through her credit cards to find one that wasn't maxed-out.

Etymology: Prada - a well-known Italian fashion company; designer of clothing and shoes, commonly mentioned in S&TC (originally "Prada Brothers", founded in 1913 by Mario Prada in Milan) + Addiction - complusive need characterized by obsessive behavior (from Latin, addictus "assigned, surrendered")

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BTW, I'm not in the 'fashion police' but I think those Crocs shoes are just about ugly enough to be banned in public... (check out: http://ihatecrocs.com/) - Tigger, 2008-06-02: 03:27:00

I agree...they make everyone's fett look twice their size, in juicy colours! - Nosila, 2008-06-02: 23:28:00

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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

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Pumpulsive

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pum/pul/sive

Sentence: She is somewhat pumpulsive with 248 pairs of shoes in her closet.

Etymology: pump + compulsive

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excellent! - splendiction, 2009-07-20: 20:56:00

my favorite of the day! - mweinmann, 2009-07-21: 08:25:00

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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

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Impedicunious

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: im/pedi/kew/nee/us

Sentence: Sally was so impedicunious that when she finally found herself homeless she was able to build a shelter made entirely of shoes. She even landscaped with shoe trees.

Etymology: impecunious (having little or no money) + pedi (to do with the foot)

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Love the shoe trees! I'm going to put them in my yard - wordmeister, 2008-06-02: 13:54:00

I remember her tootin' on her shoe horn and her 'shoe' fly pie is the best there is. - Mustang, 2008-06-02: 20:46:00

At least she had some shubbbery - funny sentence and good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-02: 22:50:00

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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

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Solesister

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sole sis ter

Sentence: Whoopie was a true solesister in all ways but her music choices. She was a compulsive shoe buyer but her favourite singer was Heelio Inglesias.

Etymology: Sole (underside of a foot or shoe) & WordPlay on Soul Sister (An African-American woman or girl or someone with whom you share a bond or similarity)

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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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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