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DEFINITION: v. To injure oneself physically, or to be reduced to a state of mental incapacity, when attempting to open shrink-wrapped CDs, DVDs or software. n. Packaging that is painfully difficult to open.
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Sheiladixoned
Created by: yaknowmay
Pronunciation: sheila-dixoned
Sentence: I SHEILA-DIXONED THE HELL OUT OF MY HAND TRYING TO GET TO ALL THE GIFTS, THEE GIFT CARDS WERE USED TO PURCHASE.
Etymology:
Cellopain
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sell oh payn
Sentence: The cellopain was exacerbated by the broken Windows
Etymology: cellophane, pain
Plastimental
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: plass-tee-men-tall
Sentence: New CDs make me plastimental! I wish companies would realise the plastimental nature of shrink wrapping.
Etymology: A combination of the words 'plastic' and 'mental'.
Plastuck
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: plah stuk
Sentence: he was severely plastuck as he attempted to get the covers off his lates piece of madonna.
Etymology: plastic, stuck as in "bleeding like a stuck pig"
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-15: 07:14:00
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Attackaging
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: uh-tack-uh-jing
Sentence: "The damn attackaging cut me!"
Etymology: attack + packaging
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COMMENTS:
That's good! - wordmeister, 2007-05-15: 02:23:00
I like that! - duchessella, 2007-05-15: 11:27:00
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Shrapped
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: "Sh" like in *Sholy-Hit* + "rapped" like in *trapped* and/or in *shrinkwrapped*.
Sentence: He was bruce-absolute-lee trapped in shrinkophrenic autoaggression - he was "shrapped". He shrapped himself to death. She shrapped her nails off to ground zero.
Etymology: Evolved through several evolutionhairy steps from autopackaggressive over shrinkoscratchic, shrinkwrapautoaggression, pacgkgressive , shrinkophrene and autoshrappive into the final form of "trapped in shrinkophrenic autoaggression" - or short: "shrapped".
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COMMENTS:
verbotomy needs more words like this, words that are evocative of their definitions rather than just two words smooshed together. well done. - benjamin, 2007-05-15: 09:50:00
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Shrinkcrap
Created by: ldikarev
Pronunciation: shrink - crap
Sentence: I could not open skrinkcrapped package. My brain was getting shrinkcrapped after counting packing peanuts for an hour. New, secure package will feature ShrinkCrapTM it will require a special chemical catalyst to open, that will be available to authorized service dealers.
Etymology: shrink -crap
Incapackitate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: in-kuh-PAK-i-teyt
Sentence: After trying to break the seal on his new pen drive for almost an hour, John was utterly incapackitated; almost to the point of inconsolable dissatispacktion.
Etymology: incapacitate + package
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COMMENTS:
I can relate! Truly incapackitated. - heartnsoul, 2007-05-16: 01:50:00
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Emestearrorize
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: ehm - ehs - TEH - roh - rayz
Sentence: After several surgeries on Jane, including allograft, blepharoplasty, hallus valcux correction, nail avulsion, hip hemiarthoplasty, imperforate anus repair, metacarpophalangeal fusion surgery, syndactyly repair, perineal anoplasty, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, and digit revascularization [all these otherwise known as hand surgery], Jane says she will never forget the day she was emestearrorized when she met that dastardly darn Windows Vista shrink-wrapped case.
Etymology: MS [expanded into em-es] [oh, come on! Microsoft and its dastardly darn software] [number one terrorist of the entire generation] + tear [to rip] + terrorize [to spread terror; to be filled with extreme terror; to be subject to a terrorist attack]
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by two writers: mana1066 and autophile. Thank you mana1066 and autophile! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. Thank you mana1066. ~ James