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DEFINITION: n., Forced small talk used by professional caregivers to put patients at ease. (Not usually effective.) v., To ask insipid questions while subjecting a person to an intimate, awkward or painful procedure.
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Denalangage
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: denal-langage
Sentence: With her mouth open wide, she tried to learn the denalangage.
Etymology:
Spitchat
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spit-chat
Sentence: Harold hated having to spitchat with the dentist when he had a mouth full of drool from novicaine and dental instruments jammed under his gums.
Etymology: wordplay on chitchat: an informal conversation
Drivelect
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: driv-a-leck
Sentence: I sat there helpless, having to listen to my dentist's drivelect for hours!
Etymology:
Interrorgate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in ter or gayt
Sentence: When Dr.Payne had George in her dental chair, she often asked him casual questions to get his mind off his ordeal. But since he really could not answer the questions properly, he felt this questioning was a way to interrorgate him.
Etymology: Interrogate (pose a series of questions to) & Terror (an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety)
Splatterpatter
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sp latt ur patt ur
Sentence: She engaged in constant splatterpatter, interjecting euphemisms and repatree through the constant stream of gristle and gore
Etymology: patter, splatter
Healspiel
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Heel-speel
Sentence: Until he met Dr Fang, Bob thought that Dr Payne's leechspeak was doctrivial. But after a few minutes with Fang, Bob soon realized that, despite all the healspiel, it hurts just as much to have a tooth extracted as it does to have one pulled.
Etymology: heal: to make better,well & spiel: plausible, glib talk; patter, line of gab. Doctrivial: blend of doctor, doctrine and trivial.
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COMMENTS:
Showoff, great job. - fourgirls, 2007-10-16: 09:59:00
how true - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-16: 12:27:00
nice blending - scrabbelicious, 2007-10-18: 07:44:00
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Ciadle
Created by: kenzieg
Pronunciation: see-addle
Sentence: Stop trying to ciadle with me.
Etymology: none
Antiease
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: an-ti-ease
Sentence: The obgyn's kind and gentle words before the examination were all antiease.
Etymology: Against feeling at ease.
Raahhrahhllll
Created by: beardo
Pronunciation: Rah rah l
Sentence: As an answer to the dentists question of how his summer was, Steve replied "Raahhrahhllll."
Etymology: Ra-Cant ahh-now rahh-answer llll-idiot
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you again remistram! ~ James
OZZIEBOB - 2007-10-16: 05:32:00
Great definition and cartoon. Recently, I have had the need to attend a variety of medical professionals, and find that they engage in a fair bit of small talk. Dentists , by far, chatter and, also, seem to recommend the use of a wide range of products.
Thanks Ozziebob! I too have been at the dentist and walked out not only with a sore tooth, but also with a sore ear. ~ James
lumina - 2008-09-11: 00:50:00
whynecology
lumina - 2008-09-11: 00:56:00
Sorry bout that...didn't meant to comment...hit wrong button.
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James