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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.
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Hairror
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: hair-or
Sentence: David screamed in sheer hairror as Jill tore the band aid from his arm, pulling hair and skin too.
Etymology: hair/tear/terror
Tornture
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
Plastectomy
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.
Yowchafollicle
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
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)
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.
Depilatowwie
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: dee-PILL-ut-ow-wee
Sentence: Bruce was a strong man: he endured the motorcycle accident without even flinching, and when they peeled the bandages away from the road rash, the depilatowwie only made him shed one single tear.
Etymology: Depilatory + "owwie" (exclamation of pain, or juvenile term for bandaid-worthy injury)
Shearax
Created by: Megsee
Pronunciation: Shear-ax
Sentence: His wife had little patience as he winced from the shearax as she ripped off his bandaid. "try a bikini wax some day!" she scoffed.
Etymology: Shear - shaving of fur/hair Wax - act of having hair ripped off the body
Depilouch
Created by: jennymc
Pronunciation: de-pil-OUCH
Sentence: As the nurse moved towards him with a determined look, he prepared himself against the inevitable depilouch.
Etymology: depilate -hair removal ouch - expression of sudden pain
Feelastoplast
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fee las to plast
Sentence: When Doctor Pepper began to pull the sticky bandage off Norman's hairy arm, Norman could feelastoplast the agony long before it even started.
Etymology: Feel (produce a certain impression/sensation) & Elastoplast (an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds)
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