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Alternative Names for Vibram Five Fingers

Vibram FiveFingers wearers and gawkers alike all have come up with a slew of alternative names for “

(Update 10/07/09: See the alternative names for VFFs wiki entry here!)

Vibram FiveFingers wearers and gawkers alike all have come up with a slew of alternative names for “VFFs.” I chalk this up to the unique footwear niche of fivefingers — they aren’t quite shoes nor are they socks, and since they look like feet, well what on earth are they?

So here’s an attempt to have the “definitive guide” to alternative names for Vibram fivefingers. If I am missing anything on this list, do comment below as I will update this post. From the obvious to the silly, here goes nothing:

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Alternatives to “Fivefingers”

Similar names (those resembling “Vibram fivefingers” or that employ the “Vee-brum” name):
  • Vibram five toes
  • Vibrams
  • Vibes
Acronym-based names:
  • VFFs
  • V5s
  • V5Fs
Descriptive names (those based on trying to understand VFFs via descriptive or analogous words):
  • toe shoes
  • foot gloves
  • barefoot shoes
  • sock-shoes
  • water shoes (or kayak shoes)
  • ballerina shoes
  • freakish slippers
Names based on animals:
  • ape feet
  • gorilla feet
  • monkey feet
  • frog feet
  • gecko feet
  • cat feet
Names based on characters:
  • ninja shoes
  • pirate shoes
  • caveman shoes
  • Spider-man shoes
  • Aqua man shoes
  • muppet feet
  • hobbit feet
Names pulled from pop culture (TV in both cases):
??? names:
  • happy feet
  • second skins
  • claws
  • skinnies
  • foot condoms

Finally, there’s this site’s namesake — birthday shoes! Any I’m missing? What do you call your fivefingers? What about others? Let me know!

Hat tip to “kakez” for creating a forum thread to get the ball rolling on this naming task!

By Justin

Justin Owings is a deadlifting dad of three, working from Atlanta. When he's not chasing his three kids around, you'll find him trying to understand systems, risk, and human behavior.

18 replies on “Alternative Names for Vibram Five Fingers”

Ever since watching the Sesame Street clips that were posted here, I’ve been calling them “Monster Feet.”

Monsters don’t need shoes! We can do everything in our Monster Feet!

I think “V5s” (pronounced: Vee Fives) should be added to this list, I’ve seen it used several times now.

I like “happy feet”, personally.

Our 3 year old calls them our “feet shoes”, while I referred to my husband’s as sasquatch feet until I got my own!

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