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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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Aidache
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ay-d-ay-k
Sentence: Jake screamed in pain as the nurse ripped the bandaid off his hairy leg.
Etymology: band-aid+ache
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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Ripptorn
Created by: jetty1
Pronunciation: ripp-torn
Sentence: Just like watching the actor, (of the same name) viewing a band-aid being ripptorn off you is extreamly painfull!
Etymology: rip + torn skin
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)
Ripsting
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: rip-sting
Sentence: even as i was putting the band-aid on, i knew it would be all to soon that i would be enduring the ripsting
Etymology: rip, sting
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COMMENTS:
ripsting sounds like an awesome bandname! - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 09:33:00
Simple, but elegant. I like it. - ErWenn, 2007-06-06: 23:19:00
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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)
Mishairy
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: MIZ-hur-ee
Sentence: Stefan tried to conceal his mishairy, but Beth knew the bikini wax foxtrot all too well.
Etymology: misery + hairy
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COMMENTS:
mishairy loves compainy - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 16:09:00
Ouch, that hairts. - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 18:17:00
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Trichotrauma
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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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!
Suffuring
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: suh-fer-ing
Sentence: When the bandage was removed, the was no buffering the suffuring.
Etymology: suffering + fur
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