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shoe horned 

Forced into a position or situation where, under normal circumstances, wouldn't have fit or belonged otherwise.

Much like the device the term was named after, it is awkwardly insisting something to be where it shouldn't.
The producer insisted the writers shoe horned a romantic sub-plot in what was supposed to just be a horror-themed crime drama.

"There was no opportunity in the conversation for Chris to talk about this thing that was only interesting to him, so he shoe-horned it into the conversation with an awkward segway."
shoe horned by Waffletron May 2, 2016
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Someone who gets very sexually excitable when shoes become topic of conversation, or whenever a shoe is sighted
His got shoehorne again, the worse they stink the more excited he becomes, we went to Clark's last week and he shot his load everywhere, the cashier wasn't best pleased
shoehorne by mitch00uk April 8, 2015