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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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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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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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Ershoeotic
Created by: hunterday77
Pronunciation: er-sh-ue-o-tic
Sentence: She went completely ershoeotic in the shoe store.
Etymology: unknown
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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Stilettosis
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: stil-let-toe-sis
Sentence: Stilettosis is a chronic condition that afflicts a vast number of women, manifesting at first as a penchant for cute shoes then metastasizing throughout the entire budget to include matching outfits, purses and, in extreme cases, jewelry. Women who show signs of this condition should immediately seek help from their banker. In advanced stages a pursectomy may be needed to remove the credit card.
Etymology: stiletto: (from the Italian word for dagger or switchblade) is an uncomfortable shoe with a high thin heel that women think look sexy but can lead to all kinds of foot and back maladies + osis: (suffix) a chronic or abnormal condition
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COMMENTS:
Love it! Great word and \"sentence\". - artr, 2009-07-20: 09:03:00
Gooid one...love pursectomy! - Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:16:00
Stilettosis starts with shoes and spreads "throughout the entire budget" love this too - excellent details & word. - splendiction, 2009-07-20: 20:54:00
Funny and clever....great word and story. - mweinmann, 2009-07-21: 08:26:00
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Erotoshoer
Created by: 729715
Pronunciation: er ot oh shoe er
Sentence:
Etymology: er(ot)-love(greek) oshoer-of shoes
Styletto
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: sty LET oh
Sentence: Candy just loves buying sexy and stylish new shoes from places like Needless Markup - oops, I mean Neiman Marcus. She must have 150 pairs - no, I'm not kidding. She and her husband built an addition onto their bedroom, which they tell everyone was for the luxury bathroom, but really it was so that they could have a walk-in closet - just to hold all her shoes. Her husband was thinking of retiring early on the money he had made as an investment banker, but it isn't going to happen now, between the second mortgage and all the expensive shoes. But he loves and adores her - he calls her his little styletto.
Etymology: style + stiletto
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)
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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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