Soccer sandal 

(noun) - An ugly and barely useful shoe, considered even less of a shoe than "flip-flops", which has been relabeled to make it sound more appealing.

See also Soccer sandal effect.

What you call a "soccer sandal" is what I wore to the community bathroom in the dorms so that I wouldn't get athlete's foot.

Soccer sandal by NikeACG July 30, 2005

Soccer sandal effect 

(noun) - The over-reaching and yet inexplicably clever marketing gimmick of labeling and identifying a product (or person) with an often inaccurate, "cool-sounding", or "trendy" description so that the product/person, which would ordinarily be thought of as unattractive, unskilled, and/or worthless, now seems "hot".

See also soccer sandal.

"Super-star" Ashlee Simpson, "actress" Paris Hilton, or "TomKat" are three examples of the "soccer sandal effect".

Soccer sandal effect by NikeACG August 14, 2005

Soccer sandal effect 

(noun) - The over-reaching and yet inexplicably clever marketing gimmick of labeling and identifying a product (or person) with an often inaccurate, "cool-sounding", or "trendy" description so that the product/person, which would ordinarily be thought of as unattractive, unskilled, and worthless, now seems "hot".

See also soccer sandal.

"Super-star" Ashlee Simpson, "actress" Paris Hilton, or "TomKat" are three great examples of the "soccer sandal effect".

Soccer sandal effect by NikeACG July 21, 2008

Soccer sandal effect 

(noun) - The over-reaching and yet inexplicably clever marketing gimmick of labeling and identifying a product (or person) with an often inaccurate, "cool-sounding", or "trendy" description so that the product/person, which would ordinarily be thought of as unattractive, unskilled, and worthless, now seems "hot".

See also soccer sandal.

"Super-star" Ashlee Simpson, "actress" Paris Hilton, or "TomKat" are three great examples of the "soccer sandal effect".

Soccer sandal effect by NikeACG July 25, 2008