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DEFINITION: n., A pesky but persistently painful, and seemingly incurable paper cut, which simply refuses to heal. n. To cut or injure a "high use" body part, like a fingertip, knuckle or tongue.
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Severlasting
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sev - ur - last - ing
Sentence: When Bonnie cut off the fingertip of the third finger of her left hand, the pain was intense at first. Now, there seemed to be a severlasting ache when any pressure was applied and she found it difficult to play her Nintendo DS.
Etymology: sever, everlasting
Lingerfingerinjury
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: linger+finger+injury
Sentence: I tried to keep from shaking hands since somehow I had managed to lingerfingerinjure my right thumb.
Etymology: linger+finger+injury
Multimutilation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mul tee mute til ay shyn
Sentence: Sandra's old war wound, a papercut on her index finger opened again and bled all over her work. Her multimutilation barely healed before it was ripped open again. Being a file clerk in the Army was certainly dangerous work...
Etymology: Multi (mulitple,many, much, more than one) & Mutilation (wound,injury)
Appendjury
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: a/pen/jur/ee
Sentence: A pesky, irritating appendjury on his index finger makes playing the piano an excruciatingly difficult task.
Etymology: appendage + injury
Irinick
Created by: Batavier
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I still have this irinick between my fingers. Everytime I want to pick something up, it hurts or starts bleeding again.
Etymology: Iritating + nick (cut)
Traumalinger
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: TRAW - muh - lin - ger
Sentence: The long lasting small cut on the tip of her finger made ordinary tasks like typing, text messaging,etc very painful, and Shasta was beginning to think the traumalinger was going to be permanent.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'trauma' (injury) and 'linger' (To persist)
Papnip
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: pap-nip
Sentence: James rolled his eyes as Henrietta stuck out her sore finger, rolling the skin tip backwards and forwards. The papnip's mouth opened and closed to her squeaky high-pitched ventriloquism, "Hello, James ... hello .... hello".
Etymology: Pap(er) - thin flat material which is made from crushed wood. Nip - to bite.
Stingmata
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sssst innnng maaa taaa
Sentence: Her stingmata coused her to utter the most pious ejaculations while partaking in her daily chores.
Etymology: stigmata, sting.
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COMMENTS:
sort of like "holy shit"? - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-03: 12:17:00
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Itchtension
Created by: PeeJaY
Pronunciation: It-Ch-Ten-See-On
Sentence: Edgar could not sort through his thesis because of his numerous itchtensions.
Etymology: Coming from itch and extension. Relating to itches on extended parts of the body.
Minimaim
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: minn eee maym
Sentence: Her injury was a minimaim (measuring less than 5mm. Any smaller and it would have been classed a micromaim. she hadn't had one of those since her last mouth ulcer.
Etymology: minimum, maim.
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-03: 15:05:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-03: 18:30:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James