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shoey¹

Sounds like Schuey

Where it comes from

From shoe + -y (diminutive suffix).

noun shoeys · shoeies

  1. childish A shoe. Don’t send me posies / When it’s shoeies that I need, […]
  2. Australia, slang The drinking of an alcoholic beverage out of a shoe, especially as a celebratory act.
  3. dated, slang A shoesmith.

shoey²

Sounds like Schuey

Where it comes from

From shoe + -y (adjectival suffix).

adjective more shoey · most shoey

  1. Related to, resembling, or featuring shoes. The Telegraph profile carried a picture of Mrs May in front of an office wall decorated with shoey pictures.
  2. Fond of shoes. A lot of fashionistas dress from their feet upwards but as I'm not a "shoey" person, I prefer to pick my clothes first.

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@misc{shoey_2026,
  title = {shoey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}