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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.
Verboticisms
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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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Peelandheal
Created by: surfstang
Pronunciation: peel/n/heel
Sentence: I wanted to open up my brand new memory card but the peelandheal stopped that from happening.
Etymology: peel + heal
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COMMENTS:
I wanted to add peel-n-heal, but wasn't allowed to. - surfstang, 2007-05-18: 00:09:00
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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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Wrapposlash
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)
Incaplasticate
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: in-ka-plas-ti-kate
Sentence: Despite his PhD in mechanical engineering(and a terrible taste in music) Rory was unable to open his new Goo Goo Dolls CD.
Etymology: incapacitate + plastic
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COMMENTS:
I like it. - petaj, 2007-05-16: 01:54:00
thank you - benjamin, 2007-05-16: 11:14:00
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Shrinkorrhage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: shrink/orr/ige
Sentence: Shrinkorrhage is the the painful mental stress and sometimes bloody result of the twenty minute ordeal I go through every time I buy a new CD.
Etymology: SHRINKORRHAGE - noun - from SHRINKWRAP (a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise) + HEMORRHAGE (a profuse discharge of blood; any uncontrolled loss, including sanity, when dealing with shrinkwrapped CD's)
Shrinkorrhage
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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Cellopain
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləˌpeɪn/
Sentence: It almost seems that as technology gets more advanced and everything else becomes better designed, packaging produces more cellopain, not less.
Etymology: from cellophane + pain
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COMMENTS:
very good!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-15: 12:29:00
I was just about to submit that one ... glad I saw that you'd already done so! Nicely done! - mjmlabs, 2007-05-15: 23:50:00
I've already used up my votes. But if i had one to spare... - petaj, 2007-05-16: 01:55:00
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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
Dewrapertate
Created by: wordguy120
Pronunciation: De-wraper-tate
Sentence: my fingers where derapertated by that stuff
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