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'I'm in love with these shoes.'

DEFINITION: To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship.

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Choohorn

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: chooo hawrn

Sentence: she had a permanent choohorn, a one track mind. Any pair of Jimmy Choo's creations had her ogling and wolf-whistling as loudly as any bum-cleavaged builder.

Etymology: shoe horn, horn, Jimmy choo.

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very funny as usual Galway - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-09: 11:06:00

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Pashionmina

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: pashun/meena

Sentence: She wore her pashionmina 24/7

Etymology: passion + pashmina

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Lovject

Created by: gonzo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She had a platonic lovject and it was a drama.

Etymology: love-object

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Wearfettish

Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: where fet ish

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Leaver

Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: l-eh-v-er

Sentence: Bobby never took of his leaver shoes because they reminded him of his dead pet cow which incidentally was sold to a leather shop...which Bobby just realized...

Etymology: leather+lover

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Inavestment

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-uh-VEHST-muhnt

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend dumped him because of his inavestment with the old T-shirt he always wore and refused to wash.

Etymology: "in a vest" + (emotional) investment + vestment [article of clothing]

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Devoteeshirt

Created by: HALibut

Pronunciation: Dev-uh-tee-shurt

Sentence: Although his wife repeatedly urged him to get rid of his tattered oil-soaked duds, he was such a devoteeshirt he could not bring himself to.

Etymology: devotee + tee-shirt

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Fashifinitize

Created by: Dboozer

Pronunciation: (fash-uh-fin-uh-tize)

Sentence: Bob began to wonder about Alice when she fashifinitized her new sweater, especially when she began insisting that he call it "Bob, Jr."

Etymology: fashion+affinity+ize (verb)

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Solemate

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sole-mate

Sentence: Tony attributed his success in Prime Minister's question time to the support he received over 18 years from his solemate, a pair of lucky brogues.

Etymology: soulmate + sole (of the shoe) -- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/the_blair_years/article1969242.ece

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COMMENTS:

Oh sole mio.... - galwaywegian, 2007-07-09: 07:51:00

if he ever lost them, he'd have to do some serious solesearching - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-09: 13:00:00

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Adoredrobe

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ah-door-drohwb

Sentence: her career had stalled and her love life was non existant, but no-one could stop her from adoredrobing like a wild woman

Etymology: adore, wardrobe

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Comments:

ziggy41 - 2007-07-09: 14:04:00
I miss the Verbotonews. :(

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-07-09: 22:54:00
I was at UC Berkeley last week, as one of the speakers the Language Creation Conference. See: http://conlangs.berkeley.edu/about.php it was great fun and I met some amazing people! I will catch up on the Verbotomy news posting tomorrow ~ James

ziggy41 - 2007-07-10: 00:06:00
Oh, that conference looks really fun, can't wait for the wonderful news. And I loved the cartoon last week (great job!)