Verboticisms

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)

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Created by: Squee

Pronunciation:

Sentence: My kilochore friend went on a shopping spree and is dead broke.

Etymology: kilo-one thousand, chore-dance

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Leym-SHOO-ee or la-mey shwee

Sentence: Despite her claim that she had imelded the best traditionals of East and West, in the end Roxie's fascination with style, rather than comfort, led to an expensive and painful case of lameshui. However, all was not lost, she insisted, didn't lame always come with gold and silver?

Etymology: LAME: Impaired or disabled through defect or injury, esp in the foot or legs so as to walk with difficulty. LAME: an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver are woven with silk or wool etc., SHUI:Chinese system of spiritual influences the way in which one does things in life. SHU: homophone of shoe: footwear.

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COMMENTS:

nice twist - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-02: 13:22:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: feh - TISH- oo

Sentence: Fetishoe. Gesundheit. her shoe shopping penchant was an illness.

Etymology: fetish + shoe + atishoo (sneeze)

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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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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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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Imm-pump-sivv

Sentence: (n.) She was a real impumpsive yesterday. She dashed from shop to shop as fast as her impractically high heels would take her. (Can also be adjective.)

Etymology: Impulsive + pumps (type of shoe)

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COMMENTS:

Impressively pumpish! - wordmeister, 2008-06-02: 13:53:00

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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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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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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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