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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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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 lasto plast
Sentence: His wife Mary had bravely and quietly undergone 24 hours of painful labor before having a C-section to deliver their 12 pound son. She never cried or let the pain overcome her or distress those around her. The breathing from the Lamaze classes had certainly helped. Her husband Harry, on the other hand, carried on something fierce when the nurse had helped him remove the feelastoplast from his arm, where blood samples had been extracted. His screams were chilling and continued on long after the bandage was gone. This, as Mary's Mother had quickly pointed out, was why the men did not get pregnant and carry on the Human Race.
Etymology: Feel (Sense through touch;examine (a body part) by palpation) & Elastoplast (an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds)
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.
Excrucifilamentectomy
Created by: notnaught
Pronunciation:
Sentence: An Excrucifilamentectomy is best performed quickly by a skilled professional.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
makes the hairs on my neck stand up. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:43:00
Quickly? Make it SLOWLY! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 17:27:00
It's hard to make a pronounceable ten-syllable word, but ya did it! Congrats. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-31: 00:46:00
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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
Hairahurtin
Created by: kymar
Pronunciation: hair-a-hurtin
Sentence: I knew the cut had healed, and it was time for the dreaded pull...and the hairahurtin.
Etymology: hair, hurts!
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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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)
Bandageagony
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: band - aydj - AGG - uh - nee
Sentence: Bradley is a major wuss who screams in extreme bandageagoney even over the small discomfort from the removal of an adhesive strip from a part of his body where there is the slightest amount of hair.
Etymology: Blend of 'bandage' and 'agony'.
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COMMENTS:
BANDAGEAGONY- the sure sign of of a bad actor. Major Wuss (retired) revels in the procedure. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 01:58:00
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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