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DEFINITION: n. The feelings of apprehension which occur when undergoing a medical examination. v. To feel discomfort while a medical professional pokes and prods at the weak points of your body.
Verboticisms
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Supainful
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: so pain ful
Sentence: “Lay back and relax” really meant, it’s going to be supainful! She fought the urge to cry out in pain at the first jab!
Etymology: From: SUPINE and PAINFUL. To lay on your back and feel so much pain and discomfort that you feel like saying: "It's so painful".
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COMMENTS:
Right on the definition, easy to remember and to say. Supa Duper! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-16: 21:43:00
I agree it's quick and to the point! I like it! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-17: 03:42:00
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Novication
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: no-vi-cay-shun
Sentence: Al felt extreme novication as he sat in the dentists chair, with the dentist fighting his tongue to get his instruments back!
Etymology: Play on popular numbing drug novacaine
Docshock
Created by: memyselfandbo
Pronunciation: dahk-shahk
Sentence: While at the dentist's office, Louie felt a surge of docshock when he saw the very shiny, very pointy instrument headed towards his mouth. Fortunately, the dental hygienist recognized the symptoms and slapped Louis upside the head to snap him out of it. "Thanks," he mumbled as he rubbed his throbbing head.
Etymology: Doctor: a licensed medical practitioner. Shock: something that jars the mind or emotions.
Trepidenticious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: trep-uh-den-TISH-yuss
Sentence: As her appointment for a dental exam and major cleaning grew nearer Carmen once again felt the severe tremors of her unreasonable trepidenticious reactions.
Etymology: Blend of 'trepidation' (tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation), 'dental' and the suffix '-ious (Having; having the qualities of)
Toothscary
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: too - th - skaree
Sentence: Georgia went to see the toothscary today... She felt sharp objects hit her gumline while a pair of beady eyes looked down from above. There was a tremendous scraping and then whirring and ringing in her ears while she was blinded by an intense light.....She wondered whether this had ben an alien abdunction but she felt too whoozzy to remember much.
Etymology: tooth, scary, not the tooth fairy!!
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COMMENTS:
Ah! Fun etomology. I like your verbotomy fairy much! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-16: 12:48:00
Driven to extraction...good one! - Nosila, 2009-04-16: 21:09:00
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Medicreep
Created by: EpicButCrazy
Pronunciation: med-ick-reap
Sentence: This dentist really medicreeps me out. I'd swear he deliberately drags out his poking in your mouth, just for the sick pleasure of it!
Etymology: medical + creep
Toothordare
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tooth or der
Sentence: Each time Wendell went to see his family dentist, Dr. Payne, he felt like he was playing toothordare. Just because Dr.Payne was in his eighties, was cross-eyed and had shaky hands, somehow Wendell felt weak and vulnerable. Dr.Payne also had a sense of humor and never failed to mention that he had a lot of pull or was trying not to look down in the mouth. His family had gone to Dr. Payne for years, and all just because Wendell's Granny had dated him. The old gal had always called Dr. Payne, brace yourself, The Leader of the Plaque!
Etymology: Play on Truth or Dare (a game where you must tell the truth or suffer the consequences)
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COMMENTS:
Guess which song will play in my head all day? Another super sentence with a fabulous last line. Tooth to tell, your verbotomy shines like a polished tooth! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-16: 12:46:00
Hilarious! "Dr. Payne" -! - splendiction, 2009-04-16: 21:26:00
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Dentribulation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dentribyəlāshən
Sentence: The dental office that Michael goes to has all the modern amenities to deal with any dental issue he might come in with. What they have trouble dealing with is his dentribulations. He will sit in the lobby furtively looking over ages-old magazines dreading THAT moment - when the nurse sticks her head through the door and calls his name. Michael's inner adult tells him to relax and trust that he will be taken care of. His inner child is kicking, screaming, scratching and biting. The staff hates it when his inner child gets out. Michael has also found that feigning deafness or amnesia doesn't work very well.
Etymology: dental (of or relating to the teeth) + tribulation (a cause of great trouble or suffering)
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - Mustang, 2009-04-16: 23:48:00
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Bugbareassment
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: buhg-behr-ehs-mint
Sentence: Dr. Umay Trustem, a truly gentle man, was always amused by the bugbareassment he caused in his male patients when he asked them to bend over and cough.
Etymology: Making BUGBEAR, an object of dread = BUGBARE + ASS (pardon me) a blend with EMBARRASSMENT
Dentrified
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: den-tri-fied
Sentence: (no offense to Gloria Gaynor) At first I was afraid, I was dentrified. Kept thinking I could never live if I should open wide. But then I spent so many nights thinkin' how my gums went wrong and I grew strong, and I learned how to go along. And so I'm back, my teeth to brace, You just walked in and have no chin with that thing on your face. I should have changed my worried mind, I should have made you rinse your mouth if I'd have known for just one second you'd be drilling north and south. Oh no, not I, I'm dentrified. As long as I can rinse and spit, I know that I'll revive. I've got all my teeth to fill, I'll just take this little pill and I'll survive, I will survive -- hey, hey!
Etymology: dentistry: care of the teeth + terrified: extreme fright
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COMMENTS:
:-) Very nice parody and poetry! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-16: 12:40:00
LOVE it very creative! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-16: 20:07:00
Excellent, mrsk...love that song, you know the one I will hear in my head for the next few days! But I will survive... - Nosila, 2009-04-16: 21:12:00
Very creative. I know the feeling. - Mustang, 2009-04-16: 23:49:00
This is hysterical....love it! - mweinmann, 2009-04-17: 09:08:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. And yes, I just came back from a visit to the dentist. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-04-16: 00:21:00
Ouch! Hope he was gentle and your teeth are all better now!
Yes, she was very good. And my teeth are good. But my mind was wandering... ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-16: 20:06:00
Siveryaspen~ THIS definition was right on time, as I found out yesterday my back surgery is June the 3rd and found that out yesterday! Kudos to you! I loved it!!! so my story is about "moi" thx! Hope you all laugh at my name, I named myself...LOL! :) P.S. I'm glad you're ok James~
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James