Verboticisms

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: hair/row/ing

Sentence: The ripping off of that bandage was a most hairrowing experience.

Etymology: HAIRROWING - HAIR + HARROW (To inflict great distress, or torment on) + ING

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COMMENTS:

perfect! - lumina, 2008-07-29: 12:24:00

Hairroic effort, Stevenson0! - Nosila, 2008-07-29: 17:21:00

Very clean! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 01:18:00

Very clean! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 01:18:00

Very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:42:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: trick-o-traw-ma

Sentence: It was a cold Halloween and the neighbourhood was filled with the joyful sound of families laughing and enjoying themselves. Suddenly a horrendous screech filled the night and an eerie silence descended on the revellers. Was it a spirit raised from the dead, was it an escaped pet cockatoo, was it Aunty Em practising her singing? No. It was a hairy legged Dad who had banned his children from trick or treating. In revenge his darling children had ripped duct tape from his knee, to see him suffer from trichotrauma. "Faaaaaghlicle" he screamed as the second piece was stripped off.

Etymology: tricho (hair) + trauma (injury)

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COMMENTS:

a nasty trich! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-06: 07:27:00

ouch!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:38:00

You're a fantastic storyteller! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-06: 18:04:00

Yes, yes! - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 18:13:00

I didn't want to vote for your word because it would put your score just over mine, but the word's just too good. - ErWenn, 2007-06-07: 01:18:00

Wonderful! - texmom, 2007-06-07: 12:14:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: skin-jure

Sentence: Sara wasn't trying to skinjure Fred when she pulled the bandaid off his arm; however, he still cried like a girl when she touched him. Even though he was 35 years old, he still feared owies so she wisely kept a smiley face sticker in her purse for just such an occasion and rewarded him for being so brave.

Etymology: skin: outer layer of the body + injure: to cause pain or physical harm

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COMMENTS:

Why do we always laugh when grown men act like little girls? - artr, 2009-12-30: 06:40:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fee las to plast

Sentence: Edwin was a big wuss when it came to pain. He could feelastoplast every hair pulled by its roots off his arm by the bandage. He was such a baby about it that his wife Jane took great pleasure in making the pain last as long as possible. She thought that the Human Race would have died out long ago if it were up to men like Edwin to give birth...

Etymology: Feel (perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles) & Elastoplast ( an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds)

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Created by: tripperdaniel

Pronunciation: ex-AS-toe-PLAS-tee

Sentence: The dermatologist removed the dressing carelessly, causing the patient excruciating exastoplasty.

Etymology: ex- (Greek, 'out of') + (el)astoplast (bandage brand name) + -y (Old English 'having the quality of')

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: de + yell + ah + tory

Sentence: Oh no, I'm going to have to give myself a deyellatory later this afternoon...

Etymology: kinda sounds like "depilatory"

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Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: Yow cha fah licle

Sentence: The nurse warned that a youchafollicle would follow ripping the tape off his IV site.

Etymology: Yowch! - Anamatapia (ok I can't spell) follicle - hair

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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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Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: plaz-ter-rip

Sentence: Even though he braced himself, the plasterip he felt when she yanked of his bandaid made him yell.

Etymology: plaster (british name for band-aids) + rip (what happens to the hair when it gets yanked from your skin by the band-aid being removed)

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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.

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