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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.
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Epilagony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: epəlagənē
Sentence: The screaming and crying coming from the doctors examination room made those waiting for their appointment quite uncomfortable. Finding that the noise was coming from a 40-year-old man undergoing the epilagony of a Band-aid removal made more than a few snicker.
Etymology: epilation (removal of hair by the roots) + agony (extreme physical or mental suffering)
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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Lockeratation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: locks-er-ay-shun
Sentence: The next door neighbors asked about the screams they heard last night from my house. The truth was I suffered from a sever lockeration, but I exaggerated a bit... and told them a bear snook in my house.
Etymology: Locks (hair) + laceration (a tear in skin)
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
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)
Screap
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: s-kuh-REEP
Sentence: OMG! Stop screaping me! Call yourself a nurse?! You're not a nurse! You're a crazy, sadistic, crazy sadist! Argh! STOP IT!
Etymology: A mixture of 'scream' and 'rip' with a portion of 'scrape', which to me, is a pretty painful sounding word.
Rippermortis
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: rip/per/mor/tis
Sentence: Deathly afraid of rippermortis and the possibility of embarrassing himself by crying like a baby, John had convinced himself and others that he was just a very slow healer, very prone to infection, and in need of wearing bandaids until they fell off on their own accord.
Etymology: Derived from rigor mortis: A medical condition that occurs after death and results in the stiffening of muscle mass.
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COMMENTS:
Hahahahaa..."fell off on their own accord"...good one! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-29: 02:03:00
Jack the Ripper lives. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:41:00
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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)
Exastoplasty
Created by: tripperdaniel
Pronunciation: ex-AS-toe-PLAS-tee
Sentence: The dermatologist removed the dressing carelessly, causing the patient excruciating exastoplasty.
Etymology: ex- (Greek, 'out of') + (el)astoplast (bandage brand name) + -y (Old English 'having the quality of')
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