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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.
Verboticisms
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Ershoeotic
Created by: hunterday77
Pronunciation: er-sh-ue-o-tic
Sentence: She went completely ershoeotic in the shoe store.
Etymology: unknown
Hemiastry
Created by: TCalhoun
Pronunciation: hem-ē-as-trē
Sentence: Her act of hemiastry left her husband mortified, her excessive spending to look like a star meant he would have to work overtime.
Etymology: Hemi- half Astr- star -y Pronunciation purposes
Hubbarditis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: HUB BARD EYE TIS
Sentence: Hubbarditis is an illness, a symptom of which is when you buy expensive, uncomfortable and totally impractical shoes, because everyone else does, or wishes they could! Whether you are a heel, a loafer, a runner or someone who has no sole, we all need an arch enemy to prove how good we are!
Etymology: Hubbard (Nursery Rhyme old woman, whom I thought lived in a shoe, but apparently was she of the bare cupboards instead) & itis (illness, compulsion)
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COMMENTS:
oops, got my nursery rhyme old women mixed up! - Nosila, 2008-06-02: 02:08:00
Oh well, I think she looks good in heels... - wordmeister, 2008-06-02: 16:45:00
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Shoptishist
Created by: mikeysfbay
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd have a riding lawnmower, but my wife is such a shoptishist, that all I can afford is this scythe.
Etymology: "Shop" + "fetishist"
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COMMENTS:
One has to be mighty careful saying that....could sound like something else. - Mustang, 2008-06-02: 20:48:00
Especially if they've had too much to drink :) - mikeysfbay, 2008-06-03: 01:53:00
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Pedomania
Created by: lilyk12342
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She has a serious case of pedomania
Etymology: ped-foot mania-mental derangement characterized by obsession and delusions
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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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