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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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Follikill
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)
Lockeratation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: locks-er-ay-shun
Sentence: The next door neighbors asked about the screams they heard last night from my house. The truth was I suffered from a sever lockeration, but I exaggerated a bit... and told them a bear snook in my house.
Etymology: Locks (hair) + laceration (a tear in skin)
Ripillatory
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rip ill a toree
Sentence: Gavin was such a big baby about anything medical. No wonder men didn't have the babies or the human race would have died out long ago. He fainted at the sight of blood, so Blood Bank donations were nightmares for him. The way he told it, getting a blood test was a major psychological drama for him. He'd had no choice...doctor's orders. Get that blood test or else! Gavin summoned what little courage he had and had the blood work done. He pressed the cotton ball on the spot and when it was deemed safe, the nurse put a bandage on the afflicted area. He was told in an hour he could remove the bandage. Sure enough, an hour later, he talked his wife into gently please removing the bandaid. Naturally, the revenge she felt for all his crybaby acts was strong, so she pulled it off fast and nasty. The ripillatory agony he experienced was only surpassed by the phone call from the lab, saying they'd accidentally dropped his blood vials and he would have to return in the morning for retests! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Etymology: rip (to tear or be torn violently;the act of rending or splitting something) & ill (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)& depilatory (something used to remove hair;able to remove hair or render hairless)
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COMMENTS:
Ripping yarn, Nosila...I like the way you worked the revenge angle in...LOL - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 01:54:00
Bloody ripping yarn. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:45:00
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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
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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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Agonistick
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: A-gon-is-stik
Sentence: Dave was such a big baby, when Lisa offered to rip his plaster off for him he sat down and made such a fuss she had to shout at him to sit still. But he kept on fidgeting as he remembered how agonistick it was the last time he had to do it, he pulled out so much hair it took weeks to grow back.
Etymology: Agony(extreme suffering) ORIGIN Greek agonia from agon 'contest' + Stick (adhere or cause to adhere) = Agonistick
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COMMENTS:
LOVE this one! - lumina, 2008-07-29: 15:13:00
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Ripitys
Created by: Silk01ca
Pronunciation: Rip i tis
Sentence: Jack awaited the pain of the familiar ripitys
Etymology: rip/itis
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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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