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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.
Verboticisms
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Hurtsute
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: hurt/soot
Sentence: Jane took great pleasure in ripping the plaster off my chest. It hurtsute like hell!
Etymology: hurts (painful) + hirsute (hairy)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:35:00
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Epilagony
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)
Hairrowing
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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Bandageagony
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: band - aydj - AGG - uh - nee
Sentence: Bradley is a major wuss who screams in extreme bandageagoney even over the small discomfort from the removal of an adhesive strip from a part of his body where there is the slightest amount of hair.
Etymology: Blend of 'bandage' and 'agony'.
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COMMENTS:
BANDAGEAGONY- the sure sign of of a bad actor. Major Wuss (retired) revels in the procedure. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 01:58:00
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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!
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
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COMMENTS:
Yes, "yank-job" sounds like it could be dirty. But it's not. - ErWenn, 2007-06-06: 01:09:00
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. - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 07:15:00
Those yanks were always a bit dodgy! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-06: 07:25:00
(insert the joke about pink and purple here.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-06: 07:55:00
(covers virgin ears) - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 12:24:00
As always, the best word here. - Osomatic, 2007-06-06: 13:22:00
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.) - ErWenn, 2007-06-07: 01:16:00
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Suffuring
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: suh-fer-ing
Sentence: When the bandage was removed, the was no buffering the suffuring.
Etymology: suffering + fur
Hairror
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: hair-or
Sentence: David screamed in sheer hairror as Jill tore the band aid from his arm, pulling hair and skin too.
Etymology: hair/tear/terror
Plastectomy
Created by: SteveMB1959
Pronunciation: plast-ec-tomy
Sentence: I had a 'plastectomy' today. It took half my hair away.
Etymology: The removal of band aids, (platers), from hairy skin.
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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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