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'Is this shrink wrapping a new security feature?'

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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Peelamentation

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: peel + lamentation

Sentence: My word today is "peelamentation."

Etymology: peel + lamentation

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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)

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Boobywrap

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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)

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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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Shrapped

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: "Sh" like in *Sholy-Hit* + "rapped" like in *trapped* and/or in *shrinkwrapped*.

Sentence: He was bruce-absolute-lee trapped in shrinkophrenic autoaggression - he was "shrapped". He shrapped himself to death. She shrapped her nails off to ground zero.

Etymology: Evolved through several evolutionhairy steps from autopackaggressive over shrinkoscratchic, shrinkwrapautoaggression, pacgkgressive , shrinkophrene and autoshrappive into the final form of "trapped in shrinkophrenic autoaggression" - or short: "shrapped".

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COMMENTS:

verbotomy needs more words like this, words that are evocative of their definitions rather than just two words smooshed together. well done. - benjamin, 2007-05-15: 09:50:00

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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)

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Dewrapertate

Created by: wordguy120

Pronunciation: De-wraper-tate

Sentence: my fingers where derapertated by that stuff

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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

petaj 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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Wrattack

Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: r-ah-t-ah-k

Sentence: The monkey wrattacked himself.

Etymology: wrap+attack

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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.

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-15: 02:19:00
Today's definition was suggested by two writers: mana1066 and autophile. Thank you mana1066 and autophile! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-30: 00:11:00
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. Thank you mana1066. ~ James