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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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Ripitys
Created by: Silk01ca
Pronunciation: Rip i tis
Sentence: Jack awaited the pain of the familiar ripitys
Etymology: rip/itis
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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Feelastoplast
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fee las to plast
Sentence: Edwin was a big wuss when it came to pain. He could feelastoplast every hair pulled by its roots off his arm by the bandage. He was such a baby about it that his wife Jane took great pleasure in making the pain last as long as possible. She thought that the Human Race would have died out long ago if it were up to men like Edwin to give birth...
Etymology: Feel (perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles) & Elastoplast ( an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds)
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
Agonyandexplasty
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: a/gony/and/ex/plasty
Sentence: Oh the agonyandexplasty of ripping a plaster off a hairy arm
Etymology: agony and ecstacy + plaster
Skinflagration
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)
Epilagony
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)
Bandagony
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).
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