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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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Tearture
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tare/chur
Sentence: It was unbearable tearture to remove the giant elastoplast from his back.
Etymology: torture + tear (as in rip)
Ouchlessmyass
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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Depilache
Created by: lksa1
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I don't buy band-aids because I suffer from severe depilache.
Etymology: depilation and ache
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)
Hairror
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
Hairrowing
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hair/row/ing
Sentence: The ripping off of that bandage was a most hairrowing experience.
Etymology: hair + harrow + ing
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.
Tornture
Created by: Katisms1
Pronunciation: torn-TURE
Sentence: "While the original cut hurt like a mother, removing the band-aid was sheer tornture!"
Etymology: torn (as in flesh) + torture
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