Verboticism: Ripptorn
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.
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Bandageagony
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: band - aydj - AGG - uh - nee
Sentence: Bradley is a major wuss who screams in extreme bandageagoney even over the small discomfort from the removal of an adhesive strip from a part of his body where there is the slightest amount of hair.
Etymology: Blend of 'bandage' and 'agony'.
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COMMENTS:
BANDAGEAGONY- the sure sign of of a bad actor. Major Wuss (retired) revels in the procedure. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 01:58:00
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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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Agonyandexplasty
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: a/gony/and/ex/plasty
Sentence: Oh the agonyandexplasty of ripping a plaster off a hairy arm
Etymology: agony and ecstacy + plaster
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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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
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Hairrowing
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hair/row/ing
Sentence: The ripping off of that bandage was a most hairrowing experience.
Etymology: hair + harrow + ing
Hairrowing
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hair/row/ing
Sentence: The ripping off of that bandage was a most hairrowing experience.
Etymology: hair + harrow + ing
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COMMENTS:
Hairiffic word! - Nosila, 2009-12-31: 00:18:00
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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
Suffuring
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: suh-fer-ing
Sentence: When the bandage was removed, the was no buffering the suffuring.
Etymology: suffering + fur
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)
