Etymology

sneakerhead

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Today it means: A person who owns multiple pairs of shoes as a form of collection and fashion. Full definition →

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The story

From sneaker + -head. The birth of sneakerhead culture came in the late 1980s and can be attributed to two major sources: basketball and hip hop music.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.