Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: trick-o-traw-ma

Sentence: It was a cold Halloween and the neighbourhood was filled with the joyful sound of families laughing and enjoying themselves. Suddenly a horrendous screech filled the night and an eerie silence descended on the revellers. Was it a spirit raised from the dead, was it an escaped pet cockatoo, was it Aunty Em practising her singing? No. It was a hairy legged Dad who had banned his children from trick or treating. In revenge his darling children had ripped duct tape from his knee, to see him suffer from trichotrauma. "Faaaaaghlicle" he screamed as the second piece was stripped off.

Etymology: tricho (hair) + trauma (injury)

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COMMENTS:

a nasty trich! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-06: 07:27:00

ouch!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:38:00

You're a fantastic storyteller! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-06: 18:04:00

Yes, yes! - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 18:13:00

I didn't want to vote for your word because it would put your score just over mine, but the word's just too good. - ErWenn, 2007-06-07: 01:18:00

Wonderful! - texmom, 2007-06-07: 12:14:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: rip/per/mor/tis

Sentence: Deathly afraid of rippermortis and the possibility of embarrassing himself by crying like a baby, John had convinced himself and others that he was just a very slow healer, very prone to infection, and in need of wearing bandaids until they fell off on their own accord.

Etymology: Derived from rigor mortis: A medical condition that occurs after death and results in the stiffening of muscle mass.

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COMMENTS:

Hahahahaa..."fell off on their own accord"...good one! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 02:03:00

Jack the Ripper lives. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:41:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: hair/row/ing

Sentence: The ripping off of that bandage was a most hairrowing experience.

Etymology: hair + harrow + ing

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COMMENTS:

Hairiffic word! - Nosila, 2009-12-31: 00:18:00

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Created by: delmundo

Pronunciation: ban-dag-o-knee

Sentence: Children are the primary sufferers of bandagony, as the dirty little buggers are always soiling their sterile adhesive strips.

Etymology: Bandagony - n. a combination form of band-aid (an adhesive surgical strip) + agony (hurts like hell).

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Created by: notnaught

Pronunciation:

Sentence: An Excrucifilamentectomy is best performed quickly by a skilled professional.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

makes the hairs on my neck stand up. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:43:00

Quickly? Make it SLOWLY! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 17:27:00

It's hard to make a pronounceable ten-syllable word, but ya did it! Congrats. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-31: 00:46:00

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Created by: Katisms1

Pronunciation: torn-TURE

Sentence: "While the original cut hurt like a mother, removing the band-aid was sheer tornture!"

Etymology: torn (as in flesh) + torture

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Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: Yow cha fah licle

Sentence: The nurse warned that a youchafollicle would follow ripping the tape off his IV site.

Etymology: Yowch! - Anamatapia (ok I can't spell) follicle - hair

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rip ill a toree

Sentence: Gavin was such a big baby about anything medical. No wonder men didn't have the babies or the human race would have died out long ago. He fainted at the sight of blood, so Blood Bank donations were nightmares for him. The way he told it, getting a blood test was a major psychological drama for him. He'd had no choice...doctor's orders. Get that blood test or else! Gavin summoned what little courage he had and had the blood work done. He pressed the cotton ball on the spot and when it was deemed safe, the nurse put a bandage on the afflicted area. He was told in an hour he could remove the bandage. Sure enough, an hour later, he talked his wife into gently please removing the bandaid. Naturally, the revenge she felt for all his crybaby acts was strong, so she pulled it off fast and nasty. The ripillatory agony he experienced was only surpassed by the phone call from the lab, saying they'd accidentally dropped his blood vials and he would have to return in the morning for retests! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Etymology: rip (to tear or be torn violently;the act of rending or splitting something) & ill (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)& depilatory (something used to remove hair;able to remove hair or render hairless)

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COMMENTS:

Ripping yarn, Nosila...I like the way you worked the revenge angle in...LOL - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 01:54:00

Bloody ripping yarn. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:45:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: skin-fleh-GRAY-shun

Sentence: Hector yelled with the pain he felt across his skin as the large piece of tape was yanked off, calling it a skinflagration, as the sensation of burning was so intense.

Etymology: Blend of 'skin' and 'conflagration'. (fire; especially: a large disastrous fire)

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Created by: Ryland

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