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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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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)

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Hairrowing

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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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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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.

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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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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)

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