Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /dəˈpɪləˌtoɹtʃɝ/

Sentence: Perhaps the depilatorture of bandage removal could be lessened somewhat if we hired professional bikini-waxers to do the yank-job for us.

Etymology: From depilatory + torture

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Yes, "yank-job" sounds like it could be dirty. But it's not. - ErWenn, 2007-06-06: 01:09:00

Oh, it's still dirty, all right. Maybe not in the context you've provided, but rest assured: use of the term predates this discussion by decades. - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 07:15:00

Those yanks were always a bit dodgy! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-06: 07:25:00

(insert the joke about pink and purple here.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-06: 07:55:00

(covers virgin ears) - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 12:24:00

As always, the best word here. - Osomatic, 2007-06-06: 13:22:00

You think my word is always the best? I guess I know who my usual one vote comes from. (Now I'm trying to think of a way of saying "thanks" that doesn't sound sarcastic after that remark.) - ErWenn, 2007-06-07: 01:16:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: sass-k-ouch

Sentence: Chet wailed like a little baby when he felt the unavoidable waves of the sasquouch.

Etymology: sasquatch (hairy, like big foot) + ouch

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Created by: SteveMB1959

Pronunciation: plast-ec-tomy

Sentence: I had a 'plastectomy' today. It took half my hair away.

Etymology: The removal of band aids, (platers), from hairy skin.

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

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: locks-er-ay-shun

Sentence: The next door neighbors asked about the screams they heard last night from my house. The truth was I suffered from a sever lockeration, but I exaggerated a bit... and told them a bear snook in my house.

Etymology: Locks (hair) + laceration (a tear in skin)

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Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Fol - ah - kill

Sentence: Luigi didn't think twice about the band-aid on his upper lip til it was too late. His 5 o'clock shadow was well past 10 o'clock and the follikill was not going to be pretty.

Etymology: Follicle - Kill (as in death to the nerve ending associated with the cavity)

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: A-gon-is-stik

Sentence: Dave was such a big baby, when Lisa offered to rip his plaster off for him he sat down and made such a fuss she had to shout at him to sit still. But he kept on fidgeting as he remembered how agonistick it was the last time he had to do it, he pulled out so much hair it took weeks to grow back.

Etymology: Agony(extreme suffering) ORIGIN Greek agonia from agon 'contest' + Stick (adhere or cause to adhere) = Agonistick

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COMMENTS:

LOVE this one! - lumina, 2008-07-29: 15:13:00

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Created by: Ryland

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: epəlagənē

Sentence: The screaming and crying coming from the doctors examination room made those waiting for their appointment quite uncomfortable. Finding that the noise was coming from a 40-year-old man undergoing the epilagony of a Band-aid removal made more than a few snicker.

Etymology: epilation (removal of hair by the roots) + agony (extreme physical or mental suffering)

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Created by: cafisher

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