Verboticism: Depilatorture
DEFINITION: n. The horrible pain that comes from pulling a bandage off of hairy skin. v. To inflict pain or injure when removing a bandage.
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Follachele
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: FALL ake ul
Sentence: Applying wax in ways that would make a sailor blush, Susan readied herself for the upcoming battle; her suit's responsiveness was proportinal surface area and sensor density so much that a few dozen square microns could be the difference between victory and absolute submission. Her follachele screams could be heard by in the mess hall.
Etymology: Follicle + Ache
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COMMENTS:
When I first read your word I pronounced it with a yell at the end which would be appropriate in this situation - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:34:00
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Bandagony
Created by: delmundo
Pronunciation: ban-dag-o-knee
Sentence: Children are the primary sufferers of bandagony, as the dirty little buggers are always soiling their sterile adhesive strips.
Etymology: Bandagony - n. a combination form of band-aid (an adhesive surgical strip) + agony (hurts like hell).
Bandageagony
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: band - aydj - AGG - uh - nee
Sentence: Bradley is a major wuss who screams in extreme bandageagoney even over the small discomfort from the removal of an adhesive strip from a part of his body where there is the slightest amount of hair.
Etymology: Blend of 'bandage' and 'agony'.
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COMMENTS:
BANDAGEAGONY- the sure sign of of a bad actor. Major Wuss (retired) revels in the procedure. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 01:58:00
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Depilatowwie
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: dee-PILL-ut-ow-wee
Sentence: Bruce was a strong man: he endured the motorcycle accident without even flinching, and when they peeled the bandages away from the road rash, the depilatowwie only made him shed one single tear.
Etymology: Depilatory + "owwie" (exclamation of pain, or juvenile term for bandaid-worthy injury)
Follicalamity
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: follik - kalam - ety
Sentence: Jesse suffered a follicalamity of epic proportions when Genevieve ripped off his bandage.
Etymology: follicle, calamity
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COMMENTS:
Folliche'sajollygoodfellow! - Nosila, 2009-12-31: 00:19:00
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Screap
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: s-kuh-REEP
Sentence: OMG! Stop screaping me! Call yourself a nurse?! You're not a nurse! You're a crazy, sadistic, crazy sadist! Argh! STOP IT!
Etymology: A mixture of 'scream' and 'rip' with a portion of 'scrape', which to me, is a pretty painful sounding word.
Baldipatchitis
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bawl dee pat shite iss
Sentence: the baldipatchitis he suffered was excrutiating. he resolved to be less stingy in future and to pay for the proper brazilian job.
Etymology: baldy patch itis
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COMMENTS:
Hehe!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-06: 07:45:00
i hope it's not congenital! - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 14:22:00
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Depilatorture
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /dəˈpɪləˌtoɹtʃɝ/
Sentence: Perhaps the depilatorture of bandage removal could be lessened somewhat if we hired professional bikini-waxers to do the yank-job for us.
Etymology: From depilatory + torture
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COMMENTS:
Yes, "yank-job" sounds like it could be dirty. But it's not. - ErWenn, 2007-06-06: 01:09:00
Oh, it's still dirty, all right. Maybe not in the context you've provided, but rest assured: use of the term predates this discussion by decades. - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 07:15:00
Those yanks were always a bit dodgy! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-06: 07:25:00
(insert the joke about pink and purple here.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-06: 07:55:00
(covers virgin ears) - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 12:24:00
As always, the best word here. - Osomatic, 2007-06-06: 13:22:00
You think my word is always the best? I guess I know who my usual one vote comes from. (Now I'm trying to think of a way of saying "thanks" that doesn't sound sarcastic after that remark.) - ErWenn, 2007-06-07: 01:16:00
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Lockeratation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: locks-er-ay-shun
Sentence: The next door neighbors asked about the screams they heard last night from my house. The truth was I suffered from a sever lockeration, but I exaggerated a bit... and told them a bear snook in my house.
Etymology: Locks (hair) + laceration (a tear in skin)
Hairrowing
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hair/row/ing
Sentence: The ripping off of that bandage was a most hairrowing experience.
Etymology: hair + harrow + ing
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COMMENTS:
Hairiffic word! - Nosila, 2009-12-31: 00:18:00
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