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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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Shrinkcut
Created by: DaddiezGyrl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I opened it carefully, to avoid getting shrinkcut.
Etymology: Combo of shrink+cut
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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Shrinkwrapotomy
Created by: moscop
Pronunciation: shrink-wrap-otomy
Sentence: John's anticipation of the viewing of a new porn film had faded to shrinkwrapotomy being unable to penetrate the wrapping.
Etymology: shrinkwrap - standard packaging lobotomy - render useless part of a person's brain
Selfmusication
Created by: heartnsoul
Pronunciation: self-mu-sik-a-shun
Sentence: It was the same horrific scene every Friday: bleary-eyed new-release addicts appeared with paychecks in their bandaged hands to feed their need for selfmusication. The packages always won, but the addicts kept coming!
Etymology: self + music / mutilation
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COMMENTS:
Come on. Admit it. You know you know I mean you! - heartnsoul, 2007-05-16: 01:42:00
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Shrinkripped
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: shrink/ript
Sentence: After losing 3 fingernails to the latest CD in my collection I felt completely shrinkripped
Etymology: shrink wrap + ripped
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:
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]
Dewrapertate
Created by: wordguy120
Pronunciation: De-wraper-tate
Sentence: my fingers where derapertated by that stuff
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