Verboticism: Impedicunious

'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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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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Comments: Impedicunious

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

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

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