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DEFINITION: n. The feelings of apprehension which occur when undergoing a medical examination. v. To feel discomfort while a medical professional pokes and prods at the weak points of your body.
Verboticisms
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Toothscary
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: too - th - skaree
Sentence: Georgia went to see the toothscary today... She felt sharp objects hit her gumline while a pair of beady eyes looked down from above. There was a tremendous scraping and then whirring and ringing in her ears while she was blinded by an intense light.....She wondered whether this had ben an alien abdunction but she felt too whoozzy to remember much.
Etymology: tooth, scary, not the tooth fairy!!
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COMMENTS:
Ah! Fun etomology. I like your verbotomy fairy much! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-16: 12:48:00
Driven to extraction...good one! - Nosila, 2009-04-16: 21:09:00
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Stethonope
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: ste the nop
Sentence: As soon as Kimberly saw the doctor lurching toward her from the doorway, she felt adrenaline and stethonope surge through her anxious body.
Etymology: Stethoscope + Nope
Asstressment
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: a-stress-ment
Sentence: I need some tranquillisers to get over the asstressment, but I really don't want to go through another asstressment just to get a script.
Etymology: assessment + stress
Docshock
Created by: memyselfandbo
Pronunciation: dahk-shahk
Sentence: While at the dentist's office, Louie felt a surge of docshock when he saw the very shiny, very pointy instrument headed towards his mouth. Fortunately, the dental hygienist recognized the symptoms and slapped Louis upside the head to snap him out of it. "Thanks," he mumbled as he rubbed his throbbing head.
Etymology: Doctor: a licensed medical practitioner. Shock: something that jars the mind or emotions.
Novication
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: no-vi-cay-shun
Sentence: Al felt extreme novication as he sat in the dentists chair, with the dentist fighting his tongue to get his instruments back!
Etymology: Play on popular numbing drug novacaine
Supainful
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: so pain ful
Sentence: “Lay back and relax” really meant, it’s going to be supainful! She fought the urge to cry out in pain at the first jab!
Etymology: From: SUPINE and PAINFUL. To lay on your back and feel so much pain and discomfort that you feel like saying: "It's so painful".
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COMMENTS:
Right on the definition, easy to remember and to say. Supa Duper! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-16: 21:43:00
I agree it's quick and to the point! I like it! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-17: 03:42:00
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Medicreep
Created by: EpicButCrazy
Pronunciation: med-ick-reap
Sentence: This dentist really medicreeps me out. I'd swear he deliberately drags out his poking in your mouth, just for the sick pleasure of it!
Etymology: medical + creep
Paprehension
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: paprihenshən
Sentence: Joyce is very good about keeping up on all her preventive medical procedures but admits to paprehension.
Etymology: pap test (a test to detect cancer of the cervix or uterus) + apprehension (anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen)
Probaphobia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pro ba fo beeya
Sentence: Denny's fear of doctors and dentists was so extreme, it was actually a bad case of probaphobia. Many thought it went back to that fateful night when aliens beamed him up for some scientific rect-reation.
Etymology: Probe (to be poked or proddedexamine physically with or as if with a probe) & Phobia (irrational fear, anxiety over something)
Trepidenticious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: trep-uh-den-TISH-yuss
Sentence: As her appointment for a dental exam and major cleaning grew nearer Carmen once again felt the severe tremors of her unreasonable trepidenticious reactions.
Etymology: Blend of 'trepidation' (tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation), 'dental' and the suffix '-ious (Having; having the qualities of)
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. And yes, I just came back from a visit to the dentist. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-04-16: 00:21:00
Ouch! Hope he was gentle and your teeth are all better now!
Yes, she was very good. And my teeth are good. But my mind was wandering... ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-16: 20:06:00
Siveryaspen~ THIS definition was right on time, as I found out yesterday my back surgery is June the 3rd and found that out yesterday! Kudos to you! I loved it!!! so my story is about "moi" thx! Hope you all laugh at my name, I named myself...LOL! :) P.S. I'm glad you're ok James~
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James