Brownshoe
A Canadian term for a career politician, one whose main goal is to climb the party ladder and get power, not to make real change or help his constituents. Typically reserved for members of the Conservative Party of Canada who hold neoliberal economic views and who advocate socially liberal policies. Called brownshoes due to their habit of wearing poor quality, badly fitted blue suits with clunky brown shoes to look casual and "appeal" to middle class voters.
"Did you see Jason Kenney and Andrew Scheer at the Gay Hindus for Free Trade fundraiser last night? Kenney was dancing with a transsexual, and he calls himself conservative..."
"Doesn't surprise me, he's a brownshoe, he'll sell out to anyone to win votes"
"Doesn't surprise me, he's a brownshoe, he'll sell out to anyone to win votes"
Brownshoe
Brownshoe - A person who dresses in very poor form or is otherwise clueless with respect to fashion and general manners. Such a person might wear a pocket protector and carry a pen in their shirt pocket, use tape and continue wearing broken eye glasses, wear clunky brown shoes with black clothes, wear pants that are 3 inches too long or short, and likely has bad personal hygiene, like yellow teeth and bad breath. Also is likely cheap and will never offer to pay
"Man, that John is some brownshoe. He comes to the course with beat up golf shoes, shitty clubs and long pants when it is 100 degrees out. Then he guzzles 5 beers at the 19th hole and bolts before the check comes." guy is a fucking "shoe"
brownshoe
A situation that has gotten so out of hand, or so thoroughly mismanaged, that it has become a virtual or literal pile of crap. Refers to the condition of a person's shoe after they step in the pile.
The accounting team is so disorganized that they lost our invoice payment. This is a total brownshoe situation.