Verboticisms

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: shrink/orr/age

Sentence: Shrinkorrage is the the painful and sometimes bloody result of the twenty five minute ordeal I go through every time I buy a new CD.

Etymology: shrinkwrap + shrinkage + hemorrhage

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COMMENTS:

ouch!! kinda gross but a great description - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-15: 09:22:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sell oh payn

Sentence: The cellopain was exacerbated by the broken Windows

Etymology: cellophane, pain

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Shring-crap

Sentence: I felt that I grew dumber as I fumbled with the CD case trying to open it. Within minutes, I found myself smashing the case against my head in a failed attempt to open it. It wasn't until I tried using scissors, and damaging the CD, that I had known I had been truely shrinkwrapped.

Etymology: Shrinkwrap (annoying plastic on CD case) + crap (term of frustration; as in "Crap! I can't get this stupid plastic off.")

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: pack-a-jag-ging

Sentence: Grandma bought little Timmy the video game he bugged about for weeks, unaware that it was protected by packajagging designed to discourage shoplifters and terrorists alike due to the risk of serious injury and/or mental meltdown. Trying to open the darn thing while the kid was jumping up and down shrieking with impatience because he wanted to play with it "right now!" was not exactly the Norman Rockwell moment she planned on. Finally, after shredding her fingers to pieces, she used her garden shears and managed to pry the game out, only to find that Timmy had gone outside with his new skateboard. "Merry @#$% Christmas," said Grandma as she poured herself a Gin and Tonic.

Etymology: packaging: material that is wrapped around a product + jag: cut or pricked by a sharp projection + jagging: cut unevenly or sharply

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COMMENTS:

too true... - Nosila, 2009-11-30: 21:58:00

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Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: r-ah-t-ah-k

Sentence: The monkey wrattacked himself.

Etymology: wrap+attack

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: TRUBB-bull-rap

Sentence: The troublewrap around the new Sinking Dead game took Jim two hours to open.

Etymology: trouble + bubblewrap

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COMMENTS:

Nice! - Rhyme79, 2012-09-10: 10:03:00

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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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Created by: Deeslam

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Now that I have my new (insert consumer product of choice) I am caught in a wraptrap trying to open it!

Etymology: The trap we often find ourselves in when attempting to get into a recent purchase. Wrapped to protect the fingering masses at the mall, but created without regard for the eventual consumer.

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Created by: eiggy

Pronunciation: 'rap-o-slash

Sentence: Bud: Darn. I wrapposlashed myself trying to open my new scissors.

Etymology: from wrap (to cover or enclose) and slash (to cut with a sweeping movement)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boōbērapt

Sentence: Janet finally broke down and bought one of those devices that was made to open those horrible game packages only to realize that it too was boobywrapped.

Etymology: booby-trap (a thing designed to catch the unwary, in particular) + wrapped (cover or enclose someone or something)

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COMMENTS:

seriously clever - mweinmann, 2009-12-01: 07:49:00

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