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Dear wow: DM boots are Doc Martens. All tourists who come to London must go up to Camden Market of a Sunday and buy a pair of Doc Martens boots. Nobody knows why. For FM boots, I'll give you a choice: a) boots with an FM receptor radio included in the soles b) F*** Me boots And it's useless asking me what they are like, as I do NOT own a pair! 
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Outside of a stretch of wearing combat boots (though never in combat) the best boots I ever wore were L.L. Bean's marvelous hunting boots with the rubber bottom the size of a shoe that never leaks and are very comfortable.
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Before any one asks, yes Aussies call what the Brits know as flip-flops, ...thongs (a typ of loose sandal, or open slipper)
around these parts, we've always called them thongs, flip-flops or zorries interchangeably, but only when they're the between-the-toe variety. any other kind of 'open slipper' would be called a sandal. i've noticed that lately the term "thongs" is dwindling in this capacity, and is more often used to describe swimsuits or underwear.
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Dear maverick: let's be fair. That link barely mentioned shoes or footware, and discussed none of them.Not my idea of YART (which rhymes with a word for flatus).
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Just how lazy are you Bill? Scroll down the list and you will get to this (amidst a LOT of other stuff!) Franky Francophone commented: One item that has a great quantity of names is the flic-flacs...those soft rubber/plastic floppy sandles that cost next to nothing.
Which are called "jandals" in Zild (a brand name, from memory) and "thongs" in Australia. "Thongs" is one of those words which has three meanings depending on how you use it. Singular use means g-string or laced leather vest pull-strings. Plural means "flip flops", "flic-flacs" or "jandals" (or a someone who wears two g-strings at once, I guess!).I only put the header from the search in before – if you want the whole thing in its monstrous glory, go here (but promise not to resurrect it, please!) http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=12402&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5
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Dear maverick: Yes, I was lazy about scrolling down. After two full screens with no clue that footwear was mentioned, my enthusiasm for scrolling dropped to zero prematurely. I have had little luck picking up old threads, and prefer to let sleeping dogs lie.
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In NY, F* Me's refers to 3+ inches high heels-- stilletoes, of course! and in last saturday's NY Times, (march 3, '01) there was an article about a New England puritan "law" that decreed any woman who used high heeled shoes to seduce a man, should be held to be a witch-- but it didn't define how high a heel was needed!
Doc Martins came and went as a fad in NY more than 10 years ago-- my daughter lived in them while in HS. when i was in high school, a low, suede boot- desert boots where all the rage. there is an ozzie shoe company that has gone international --(and right now for the life of me, i can't think of the name!) they make a very similar boot that is still sold.
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> ozzie shoe company
YAKKA perhaps? They make alot of 'heavy-duty' footwear/clothing, a la Caterpillar. BTW 'YAKKA' (yacka) means hard work.
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uggs, maybe? they're my very most favoritest cozy shoes in the whole world, much to my husband's chagrin. 
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