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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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Stingertip
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stingərtip
Sentence: Jimmy is in charge of the stockroom at the restaurant where he works. Papercuts from the cardboard boxes are rampant. When he preps lemons for the day he has to deal with a handful of stingertips.
Etymology: sting (feel or cause to feel a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation) + fingertips (the tip of a finger)
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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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)
Emophilia
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: emo-philia
Sentence: Suzie pinched herself with the needle and now she thinks she's going to die. A very very slow and excrutiating death
Etymology: emotion + hemophilia
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)
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
Chronick
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: kron/ic
Sentence: Her paper cut was diagnosed as chronick.
Etymology: chronic + nick
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)
Lifenot
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /laɪfnɒt/
Sentence: I've got a lifenot in my right thumb... This lifenot doesn't seem to be healing... I can't eat with this lifenot in my tongue!
Etymology: LIFENOT - noun. From Life (time for which something exists or functions) + Not (negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James