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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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Chronick
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: kron/ic
Sentence: Her paper cut was diagnosed as chronick.
Etymology: chronic + nick
Lifenot
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /laɪfnɒt/
Sentence: I've got a lifenot in my right thumb... This lifenot doesn't seem to be healing... I can't eat with this lifenot in my tongue!
Etymology: LIFENOT - noun. From Life (time for which something exists or functions) + Not (negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition)
Everslit
Created by: fourgirls
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
great word! - fourgirls, 2007-10-03: 15:24:00
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Ouchnick
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: OUCH - nik
Sentence: Ozzie was an ouchnik, obsessed and overwhelmed by the fear of being ouchnicked.
Etymology: OUCH: an exclamation expressing sudden pain or dismay & NICK: a small dent or wound.
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
Septicut
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sep-tee-cut
Sentence: When the sore on his finger refused to heal and started to throb, Jim, being a bit of a hypochondriac, was convinced he had gangrene and decided to go and get it checked out at the doctor's. The doc took one look, shook his head and told Jim that it was just a little septicut and if he kept it clean and dressed everyday it should clear up on it's own.
Etymology: Septic(of a wound,infected by bacteria) ORIGIN Greek Septikos 'make rotten' + Cut(an opening or incision made by a sharp implement) = Septicut
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)
Emophilia
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: emo-philia
Sentence: Suzie pinched herself with the needle and now she thinks she's going to die. A very very slow and excrutiating death
Etymology: emotion + hemophilia
Wounderful
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: woon der ful
Sentence: When Jane was hired for her first office job, she thought it was wonderful. After her first of many paper cuts trying to file a year's backlog of papers, she decided the job was actually wounderful instead. She had neither a finger without multiple paper cuts nor a cuticle that was not ragged. How does one claim danger pay as a file clerk???
Etymology: Wound (gash,cut, any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision;cause injuries or bodily harm; to hurt the feelings of) & Wonderful (extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers) & Full (to the greatest degree or extent)
Lingerfingerinjury
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: linger+finger+injury
Sentence: I tried to keep from shaking hands since somehow I had managed to lingerfingerinjure my right thumb.
Etymology: linger+finger+injury
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James