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DEFINITION: n., A pesky but persistently painful, and seemingly incurable paper cut, which simply refuses to heal. n. To cut or injure a "high use" body part, like a fingertip, knuckle or tongue.
Verboticisms
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Cutstration
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cut/stray/shun
Sentence: Sally felt deep cutstration whenever she tried to unpick the stitches she'd so cautiously sewn. Her part time job shelling shrimp (crustaceans) didn't help.
Etymology: cut + frustration + crustacean
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COMMENTS:
Shudderingly close to castration. Great word! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-03: 14:03:00
Good word! Reminds me of this image: http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=103199 - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-03: 15:05:00
funny purple and scrumpy - one should be very circumspective when using a photocopier - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 15:21:00
Etymology: cut, frustration, crustacean - Fantastic! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-03: 18:29:00
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Nickannoy
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: nik-A-noy
Sentence: Friday, a file in the finger; Tuesday, a needle in the knuckle and, on Sunday, a graze on the glabella. Mishaps menaced Bob with monotony and nickannoys were second nature to him. Finally, worried that he would develop nickanoia, he told himself it was time to knock these needless, niggling nickannoyances on the head!
Etymology: Nick: a small cut & annoy; to irritate, esp in minor but continuing way.
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COMMENTS:
nickanoia is great too - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 09:49:00
Great sentence one again OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-03: 15:06:00
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Injurance
Created by: BSqueeze4
Pronunciation: Injur-rance
Sentence: The split toenail could really prove to be an injurance for her.
Etymology: Injury+Hindrance
Lasteration
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: lass-ter-ay-shun
Sentence: Lucy lasterated her toes on the sharp rocks and was forever doomed to wear flip flops (thongs for my aussie buddies).
Etymology: laceration + last (as in endure)
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COMMENTS:
Better late than never - petaj, 2007-10-04: 03:39:00
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Painagain
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: payn-agayn, preferably pronounced in the snooty British way, a la Eliza Doolittle.
Sentence: After injuring herself with the needle while finishing her latest creation, and despite the painagain reasserting its presence, she was determined to finish the hem of the skirt before Tim Gunn called the contestants to the runway.
Etymology: pain (as in "ouch") + again (as in over and over and over)
Cronicut
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: KRON-i-kut
Sentence: Nothing seemed to work. Barry tried Band-aids, antiseptic ointment and iodine. He just couldn't get the cronicut on the tip of his tongue to heal.
Etymology: Cronic (persistent, long-standing, long-term; incurable) Cut (make an opening, incision, or wound)
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COMMENTS:
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:45:00
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Cutstration
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cut/stray/shun
Sentence: Sally felt deep cutstration whenever she tried to unpick the stitches she'd so cautiously sewn. Her part time job shelling shrimp (crustaceans) didn't help.
Etymology: cut + frustration + crustacean
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COMMENTS:
Bring out your dead. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:46:00
Cutstration is dangerously close to.....nevermind! It makes my toes curl up just to think of it. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:54:00
Ouch! Interesting blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-05: 01:47:00
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Bugabooboo
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: buhg-uh-boo-boo
Sentence: Ken was reminded of the bugabooboo on his finger when he attempted to fish some jalapenos out of a jar. This was the worst pain he had experienced since he had eaten a salty potato chip and irratated his lip ulcer.
Etymology: bugaboo (a recurring problem or situation) + boo-boo
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COMMENTS:
she's crying in the cartoon so maybe it's a bugabooboohoo - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 15:23:00
Clever and interesting! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-03: 18:27:00
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Stingmata
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sting-ma-ta
Sentence: Because of infected stingmata on the hands of their guitarist, Lee Shun, the metal band "The Oweeze" cancelled part of their tour until the sores healed. Due to the unusual location of the wounds, metalheads throughout the country have begun to believe that Shun is a mystic and thousands of fans, all bearing tatoos resembling his stingmata have camped outside of his house. The band's manager, Rip Entaire, explained that Lee was wounded in a fistfight with a violent fan; however, the drummer, Cut Andrun, revealed the shocking truth in a Rolling Stone article that he tripped while trying to photograph butterflies.
Etymology: sting: burning or sharp pain + stigmata: wounds or lesions that resemble the marks of crucifixioin + stigma: mark of disgrace
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COMMENTS:
This is hilarious - mweinmann, 2010-01-21: 07:28:00
Gave me my morning laugh! - artr, 2010-01-21: 09:22:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James