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DEFINITION: n. The horrible pain that comes from pulling a bandage off of hairy skin. v. To inflict pain or injure when removing a bandage.
Verboticisms
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Tearture
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tare/chur
Sentence: It was unbearable tearture to remove the giant elastoplast from his back.
Etymology: torture + tear (as in rip)
Bandagony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bandagənē
Sentence: Billy*s mom told him that the doctor is his friend. Billy doesn*t think a friend would put him in bandagony by yanking off his Band-aid. A yelp and a kick in the shin set the record straight.
Etymology: bandage (a strip of material used to bind a wound or to protect an injured part of the body) + agony (extreme physical or mental suffering)
Screap
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: s-kuh-REEP
Sentence: OMG! Stop screaping me! Call yourself a nurse?! You're not a nurse! You're a crazy, sadistic, crazy sadist! Argh! STOP IT!
Etymology: A mixture of 'scream' and 'rip' with a portion of 'scrape', which to me, is a pretty painful sounding word.
Depilatorture
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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COMMENTS:
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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Ripitys
Created by: Silk01ca
Pronunciation: Rip i tis
Sentence: Jack awaited the pain of the familiar ripitys
Etymology: rip/itis
Ouchlessmyass
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: owch-less-my-ass
Sentence: I had heard that ripping a band-aid off quickly was the least painful method, however, when I did it to Mark, judging from his blood-curdling scream, I suspected he just experienced ouchelessmyass. He claimed it was depullofterror and I had committed follikill - I say he was just being a big baby.
Etymology: From Band-Aid's ridiculous claim to be "ouchless"
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COMMENTS:
You have 3 terrific words here - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:36:00
i hear water actually helps with the ouchless band-aids. - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 16:44:00
I'll bet massage oil or lubricant works even better. - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 18:15:00
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Adhellsivex
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: ad-hel-see-veks
Sentence: Oh, the adhellsivex! I'd rather be thrown into a pit of corrosive syphilis and die of its non-existence.
Etymology: adhesive [basically, anything with a sticky surface] + HELL! + vex
Depilache
Created by: lksa1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I don't buy band-aids because I suffer from severe depilache.
Etymology: depilation and ache
Lockeratation
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by texmom. Thank you texmom! ~ James
texmom - 2007-06-07: 12:13:00
They are all cool words!
Today's definition was suggested by texmom. Thank you texmom. ~ James