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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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Shearax

Created by: Megsee

Pronunciation: Shear-ax

Sentence: His wife had little patience as he winced from the shearax as she ripped off his bandaid. "try a bikini wax some day!" she scoffed.

Etymology: Shear - shaving of fur/hair Wax - act of having hair ripped off the body

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Epilagony

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: epəlagənē

Sentence: The screaming and crying coming from the doctors examination room made those waiting for their appointment quite uncomfortable. Finding that the noise was coming from a 40-year-old man undergoing the epilagony of a Band-aid removal made more than a few snicker.

Etymology: epilation (removal of hair by the roots) + agony (extreme physical or mental suffering)

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Follikill

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Fol - ah - kill

Sentence: Luigi didn't think twice about the band-aid on his upper lip til it was too late. His 5 o'clock shadow was well past 10 o'clock and the follikill was not going to be pretty.

Etymology: Follicle - Kill (as in death to the nerve ending associated with the cavity)

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Feelastoplast

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fee las to plast

Sentence: When Doctor Pepper began to pull the sticky bandage off Norman's hairy arm, Norman could feelastoplast the agony long before it even started.

Etymology: Feel (produce a certain impression/sensation) & Elastoplast (an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds)

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Ouchlessmyass

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: owch-less-my-ass

Sentence: I had heard that ripping a band-aid off quickly was the least painful method, however, when I did it to Mark, judging from his blood-curdling scream, I suspected he just experienced ouchelessmyass. He claimed it was depullofterror and I had committed follikill - I say he was just being a big baby.

Etymology: From Band-Aid's ridiculous claim to be "ouchless"

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COMMENTS:

You have 3 terrific words here - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:36:00

i hear water actually helps with the ouchless band-aids. - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 16:44:00

I'll bet massage oil or lubricant works even better. - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 18:15:00

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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')

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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!

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Epilagony

Ryland

Created by: Ryland

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Skinjure

mrskellyscl

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:

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

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Bandrage

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: band-rage

Sentence: In a study it was found that 97% of male patients suffered bandrage on removal of dressings and plasters. Typical symptoms include flinching, swearing and crying, followed by flushed cheeks and mumbling.

Etymology: bandage (surgical dressing) + rage (hysterical fury, anger)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-06: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by texmom. Thank you texmom! ~ James

texmom - 2007-06-07: 12:13:00
They are all cool words!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-30: 00:22:00
Today's definition was suggested by texmom. Thank you texmom. ~ James