Verboticism: Shrinkorrhage

'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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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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