Verboticism: Ouchnick
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.
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Minimaim
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: minn eee maym
Sentence: Her injury was a minimaim (measuring less than 5mm. Any smaller and it would have been classed a micromaim. she hadn't had one of those since her last mouth ulcer.
Etymology: minimum, maim.
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-03: 15:05:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-03: 18:30:00
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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)
Irinick
Created by: Batavier
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I still have this irinick between my fingers. Everytime I want to pick something up, it hurts or starts bleeding again.
Etymology: Iritating + nick (cut)
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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Whimpercision
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Whim-per-ciz-yun
Sentence: The pain from the whimpercision on her finger repeatedly brought tears to Lainie's eyes.
Etymology: Whimper - incision
Multimutilation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mul tee mute til ay shyn
Sentence: Sandra's old war wound, a papercut on her index finger opened again and bled all over her work. Her multimutilation barely healed before it was ripped open again. Being a file clerk in the Army was certainly dangerous work...
Etymology: Multi (mulitple,many, much, more than one) & Mutilation (wound,injury)
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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Evercrucialimutilus
Created by: AlouattaPigra
Pronunciation: Ehv ver Crew Shul Ihm Myu Tih Lus
Sentence: "Ouch!!" Zjanhatae hissed to herself. She had badly abraised the naked palm of her hand and it had already begun to bleed. "Awe sourmuzzles- This here old evercrucialimutilus just aint never 'gonna heal up quite right."
Etymology: Ever - From Forever + Crucial - Important + Limu - Protogermanic meaning branch + Mutilus - Latin for maimed
Stingmata
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sssst innnng maaa taaa
Sentence: Her stingmata coused her to utter the most pious ejaculations while partaking in her daily chores.
Etymology: stigmata, sting.
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COMMENTS:
sort of like "holy shit"? - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-03: 12:17:00
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Aboobooration
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: a-boo-boo-ray-shun
Sentence: Connie loved turning the pages of those slick women's mags in her dentist's waiting room. But, without fail, usually just before they called her name, she would (perhaps flipping a page too quickly?) get yet another aboobooration which she just knew would still be there when her fourth root canal had long been completed.
Etymology: from aberration, meaning out of the ordinary + boo boo, a reference to a small wound, usually on a child's body
