Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rap skal leon

Sentence: The Cd's and Dvd's were so painful to open, that George suspected an unscrupulous wrapscallion plot was afoot. Yes after careful examination, he decided it was a nefarious scheme, the same one which kept the elderly from getting at their meds' bottles. Or the unenlightened to try and open a package of sticky notes. Why even the clever new knife designed specifically to open such hard plastic packages came in one...what was the world coming to???

Etymology: Wrap (packaging;the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped) & Rapscallion (a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel)

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COMMENTS:

brilliant! - libertybelle, 2011-04-19: 08:10:00

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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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Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: PLAS-ti-stun-ed

Sentence: I was desperate to listen to my new CD, but after fifteen minutes of wrestling with the shrink wrap I just sat on the floor plastistunned for a while and stared into space.

Etymology: Plasti (from plastic) + stunned (shocked or knocked out)

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Syk-o-pak-tik

Sentence: After many hours trying to open the new CD he had bought without success. He eventually became so psycopacktic that his wife was left with no choice but to call the doctor, who then decided to sedate him before he got any worse.

Etymology: Psycho(psychotic) + Pack(package) + Tic(a nervous muscle spasm) = Psycopacktic

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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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Created by: geoamnesia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Mary whimpered softly as she accepted the gift DVD, she was already wrapjured, but her friends were watching and she had to go through with it.

Etymology: Wrap - shrink-wrap + injure

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: PLAS-teh-slash

Sentence: Just about every time Lucille tried to open any of the newfangled packages sealed in the hard plastic she'd end up with a bloody plastislash, either cutting herself with the knife or lacerating one of her digits on the sharp edges of the plastic itself.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'plastic' and 'slash'.

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: slit/zo/free/nee/a

Sentence: Battles with shrinkwrap have reduced me to a state of slitzophrenia. I now approach plastic with a swiss army knife.

Etymology: slit + schizophrenia

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COMMENTS:

There's only two ways to open IT. - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-18: 15:18:00

A very practical approach - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-18: 19:53:00

Slitzophrenia...great word, Slitzoids buy more Swiss Army knives than anyone! (or should we call the Slitz Army Knives...?) - Nosila, 2008-08-18: 21:20:00

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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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Created by: alphabetapolothology

Pronunciation: plas-TAS-tro-fee

Sentence:

Etymology: plastic & catastrophe

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