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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.
Verboticisms
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Handigash
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: han-dee-gash
Sentence: I would have had the report done earlier, however, the bleeding from my handigash shorted out my keyboard.
Etymology: handicap, gash
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COMMENTS:
sounds nasty!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 10:49:00
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Cutstration
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cut/stray/shun
Sentence: Sally felt deep cutstration whenever she tried to unpick the stitches she'd so cautiously sewn. Her part time job shelling shrimp (crustaceans) didn't help.
Etymology: cut + frustration + crustacean
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COMMENTS:
Bring out your dead. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:46:00
Cutstration is dangerously close to.....nevermind! It makes my toes curl up just to think of it. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:54:00
Ouch! Interesting blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:47:00
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Fangpang
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fang/pang
Sentence: A pesky, irritating fangpang on his index finger makes playing the piano an excruciatingly difficult task.
Etymology: fang (appendage) + pang
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COMMENTS:
dang fangpang!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 09:47:00
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Digitraumalinger
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: didj - uh - trauh - muh - lin - ger
Sentence: With the tiny cut on the tip of her index finger making ordinary tasks like typing, text messaging, and other tasks exceedingly painful, Melanie experienced major digitraumalinger over the weeks as the owie failed to heal due to the abuse.
Etymology: Blend of 'digit' (finger or toe), 'trauma' (any physical damage to the body), and 'linger' (to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected)
Axident
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: aksidənt
Sentence: John was fed up with the tree that dropped staining red berries on his new white car so he decided to chop it down. His lack of experience with tools and innate ineptitude left him with an axident in his forehead.
Etymology: ax (a tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle) + accident (an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury) + dent (a slight hollow in a hard, even surface made by a blow or by the exertion of pressure)
Hurternity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hurt turn itee
Sentence: Cameron's papercut had gone on for a hurternity. No sooner did it seem to be healing, when she would reopen it again. It did not help that she worked as a file clerk and had to shuffle hundreds of files and papers a day. She would bleed on files and bandages refused to stay on the cuts. She was beginning to think that the only way she could ever heal it would be to go on hurternity leave...
Etymology: Hurt (cut,injury,wound,feel pain) & Eternity (a seemingly endless time interval)
Digistationowie
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dij-i-stey-shuhn-ouee
Sentence: Sharon works for a company that prints personalized writing paper. Handling paper all day long as she does, it is very common for her to have a digistationowie. She's in a "Catch 22" dilemma. She would love to see the world go paperless to save her fingers but that would put her out of the job she was hoping to retire from.
Etymology: digit (a finger or toe) + stationery (writing paper) + ow (an expression of sudden pain; owie: a cut , scratch or burn that causes that pain)
Cutstration
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cut/stray/shun
Sentence: Sally felt deep cutstration whenever she tried to unpick the stitches she'd so cautiously sewn. Her part time job shelling shrimp (crustaceans) didn't help.
Etymology: cut + frustration + crustacean
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COMMENTS:
Shudderingly close to castration. Great word! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-03: 14:03:00
Good word! Reminds me of this image: http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=103199 - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-03: 15:05:00
funny purple and scrumpy - one should be very circumspective when using a photocopier - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 15:21:00
Etymology: cut, frustration, crustacean - Fantastic! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-03: 18:29:00
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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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James