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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: artr
Pronunciation: dih-pil-uh-tawr-cher
Sentence: Most people subscribe to the "yank it off quickly" technique when it comes to removal of fur-laden band-aids. Slow removal is considered depilatorture.
Etymology: depilatory (a mild liquid or cream that will temporarily removing unwanted hair from the body) + torture (the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty)
Skinflagration
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: skin-fleh-GRAY-shun
Sentence: Hector yelled with the pain he felt across his skin as the large piece of tape was yanked off, calling it a skinflagration, as the sensation of burning was so intense.
Etymology: Blend of 'skin' and 'conflagration'. (fire; especially: a large disastrous fire)
Sasquouch
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: sass-k-ouch
Sentence: Chet wailed like a little baby when he felt the unavoidable waves of the sasquouch.
Etymology: sasquatch (hairy, like big foot) + ouch
Rippermortis
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: rip/per/mor/tis
Sentence: Deathly afraid of rippermortis and the possibility of embarrassing himself by crying like a baby, John had convinced himself and others that he was just a very slow healer, very prone to infection, and in need of wearing bandaids until they fell off on their own accord.
Etymology: Derived from rigor mortis: A medical condition that occurs after death and results in the stiffening of muscle mass.
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COMMENTS:
Hahahahaa..."fell off on their own accord"...good one! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 02:03:00
Jack the Ripper lives. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:41:00
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Exastoplasty
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')
Hairahurtin
Created by: kymar
Pronunciation: hair-a-hurtin
Sentence: I knew the cut had healed, and it was time for the dreaded pull...and the hairahurtin.
Etymology: hair, hurts!
Feelastoplast
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)
Plasterip
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)
Agonyandexplasty
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: a/gony/and/ex/plasty
Sentence: Oh the agonyandexplasty of ripping a plaster off a hairy arm
Etymology: agony and ecstacy + plaster
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by texmom. Thank you texmom! ~ James
texmom - 2007-06-07: 12:13:00
They are all cool words!
Today's definition was suggested by texmom. Thank you texmom. ~ James