Verboticisms

Created by: Megsee

Pronunciation: Shear-ax

Sentence: His wife had little patience as he winced from the shearax as she ripped off his bandaid. "try a bikini wax some day!" she scoffed.

Etymology: Shear - shaving of fur/hair Wax - act of having hair ripped off the body

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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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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: hair/row/ing

Sentence: The ripping off of that bandage was a most hairrowing experience.

Etymology: HAIRROWING - HAIR + HARROW (To inflict great distress, or torment on) + ING

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COMMENTS:

perfect! - lumina, 2008-07-29: 12:24:00

Hairroic effort, Stevenson0! - Nosila, 2008-07-29: 17:21:00

Very clean! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 01:18:00

Very clean! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-30: 01:18:00

Very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-30: 05:42:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: trick-o-traw-ma

Sentence: It was a cold Halloween and the neighbourhood was filled with the joyful sound of families laughing and enjoying themselves. Suddenly a horrendous screech filled the night and an eerie silence descended on the revellers. Was it a spirit raised from the dead, was it an escaped pet cockatoo, was it Aunty Em practising her singing? No. It was a hairy legged Dad who had banned his children from trick or treating. In revenge his darling children had ripped duct tape from his knee, to see him suffer from trichotrauma. "Faaaaaghlicle" he screamed as the second piece was stripped off.

Etymology: tricho (hair) + trauma (injury)

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COMMENTS:

a nasty trich! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-06: 07:27:00

ouch!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:38:00

You're a fantastic storyteller! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-06: 18:04:00

Yes, yes! - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 18:13:00

I didn't want to vote for your word because it would put your score just over mine, but the word's just too good. - ErWenn, 2007-06-07: 01:18:00

Wonderful! - texmom, 2007-06-07: 12:14:00

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Created by: cafisher

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: hair-or

Sentence: David screamed in sheer hairror as Jill tore the band aid from his arm, pulling hair and skin too.

Etymology: hair/tear/terror

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: owch-less-my-ass

Sentence: I had heard that ripping a band-aid off quickly was the least painful method, however, when I did it to Mark, judging from his blood-curdling scream, I suspected he just experienced ouchelessmyass. He claimed it was depullofterror and I had committed follikill - I say he was just being a big baby.

Etymology: From Band-Aid's ridiculous claim to be "ouchless"

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COMMENTS:

You have 3 terrific words here - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-06: 11:36:00

i hear water actually helps with the ouchless band-aids. - jadenguy, 2007-06-06: 16:44:00

I'll bet massage oil or lubricant works even better. - Clayton, 2007-06-06: 18:15:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: de + yell + ah + tory

Sentence: Oh no, I'm going to have to give myself a deyellatory later this afternoon...

Etymology: kinda sounds like "depilatory"

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Created by: Silk01ca

Pronunciation: Rip i tis

Sentence: Jack awaited the pain of the familiar ripitys

Etymology: rip/itis

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Created by: gautambarathwaj

Pronunciation: Pronunced as "Ah! Pain"

Sentence: He faced ahpain while removing the plasters,post surgery

Etymology: Just the usual scream of "Ah! Pain" modified here

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