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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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Autodiscomutilate
Created by: duchessella
Pronunciation: aw-to-dis-co-MU-ti-late
Sentence: He autodiscomutilated with the newest Windows Vista.
Etymology: auto = self disco = any type of discs (CDs, DVDs, VCDs, CD-ROMs, etc.) mutilate = mutilation of both the physical self and the mental self
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COMMENTS:
good one! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-15: 07:17:00
nice! - heartnsoul, 2007-05-16: 01:48:00
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Skinjury
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: skinn juhr eeeeeeeeeeeee
Sentence: He skinjured himself on Michael jackson's greatest hits. how is it? his mother called. Bar he replied
Etymology: injury skin
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]
Plastastrophy
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation: plas-TAS-tro-fee
Sentence:
Etymology: plastic & catastrophe
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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Peelamentation
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: peel + lamentation
Sentence: My word today is "peelamentation."
Etymology: peel + lamentation
Dewrapertate
Created by: wordguy120
Pronunciation: De-wraper-tate
Sentence: my fingers where derapertated by that stuff
Etymology:
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'.
Plasticwrapture
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: plas-tic-rap-chur
Sentence: He was in a state of plasticwrapture as he broke out the tablesaw to get at the CD inside.
Etymology:
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
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