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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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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
Boobywrap
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: boōbērap
Sentence: Jerry bought a new video game. It turned out to be a boobywrap. He cut up his fingers so badly getting the package open that he had to wait a week to try out the game.
Etymology: booby-trap (a thing designed to catch the unwary) + wrap (cover or enclose)
Hmvanguish
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Hay/ch/EM/Van/gue/ish
Sentence: Promoting his newly rigged h-operating system, which he hoped to set sail at a press conference at HMV head quarters, Bob said, "I can't get the package out of the damn pack cage, I can't take this HMVanguish anymore."
Etymology: HMVanguish n. A 3-track splicing of 1. HMV, a moribund multi-national multi-media multiple. 2. HMS-Vanquish, a fictional warship of the British Navy 3. Anguish, mental suffering.
Plastastrophy
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation: plas-TAS-tro-fee
Sentence:
Etymology: plastic & catastrophe
Wrapscallion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rap skal leon
Sentence: The Cd's and Dvd's were so painful to open, that George suspected an unscrupulous wrapscallion plot was afoot. Yes after careful examination, he decided it was a nefarious scheme, the same one which kept the elderly from getting at their meds' bottles. Or the unenlightened to try and open a package of sticky notes. Why even the clever new knife designed specifically to open such hard plastic packages came in one...what was the world coming to???
Etymology: Wrap (packaging;the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped) & Rapscallion (a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel)
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COMMENTS:
brilliant! - libertybelle, 2011-04-19: 08:10:00
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Dvdeplete
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: dee vee dee PLEET
Sentence: After trying for 20 minutes to open my new movie, I was so dvdepleted when I finally got it open that I decided to skip the movie and just take a nap.
Etymology: dvd + deplete (to sap energy)
Ziplash
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: zip lash
Sentence: With all his cds, dvds, food, toiletries, money and cutlery placed in plastic bags with slide closures, it is no wonder that George got ziplash everytime he had to retrieve something. It's like his whole life was a quest for saranity.
Etymology: Zip (as in zip-lock plastic bags, sealed to protect food ot other items) & Lash (lash or flick about sharply) and Wordplay on Whiplash (a quick blow with a whip; an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae))
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COMMENTS:
Simple but clever. :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-10: 16:39:00
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Awraposis
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: aw-rap-OH-sis
Sentence: Whenever Bob was needed to open skrink-wrapped items, it was not long before he began to wrapambulate wildly. A wraposcopy revealed that he had a severe case of awraposis. It was suggested that the condition was passed on to him from his father, but he refuses to take the rap. His "shrink" is still searching worldwide for a cure; and, hopefully, for Bob's sake, the matter will be wrapped-up soon.
Etymology: Blend of AWRY: disordered, disarranged, gone wrong; AWE: fear, dread, fright; WRAP: put something around, cover; & -OSIS: suffix usu. denoting a medical term or condition (pyschosis)
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COMMENTS:
your logic is very clear - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-18: 13:06:00
That's a Wrap for me...I'm in Wrapsody! - Nosila, 2008-08-18: 21:15:00
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Psychopacktic
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Syk-o-pak-tik
Sentence: After many hours trying to open the new CD he had bought without success. He eventually became so psycopacktic that his wife was left with no choice but to call the doctor, who then decided to sedate him before he got any worse.
Etymology: Psycho(psychotic) + Pack(package) + Tic(a nervous muscle spasm) = Psycopacktic
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:
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