Verboticism: Depilatorture

'Aaaaahhhh! AAAAAHHHHHH!'

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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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

Points: 650

Comments: Depilatorture

ErWenn - 2007-06-06: 01:09:00
Yes, "yank-job" sounds like it could be dirty. But it's not.

Clayton - 2007-06-06: 07:15:00
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.

galwaywegian - 2007-06-06: 07:25:00
Those yanks were always a bit dodgy!

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-06: 07:55:00
(insert the joke about pink and purple here.)

jadenguy - 2007-06-06: 12:24:00
(covers virgin ears)

Osomatic - 2007-06-06: 13:22:00
As always, the best word here.

ErWenn - 2007-06-07: 01:16:00
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.)