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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.
Verboticisms
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Cutstration
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cut/stray/shun
Sentence: Sally felt deep cutstration whenever she tried to unpick the stitches she'd so cautiously sewn. Her part time job shelling shrimp (crustaceans) didn't help.
Etymology: cut + frustration + crustacean
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COMMENTS:
Shudderingly close to castration. Great word! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-03: 14:03:00
Good word! Reminds me of this image: http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=103199 - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-03: 15:05:00
funny purple and scrumpy - one should be very circumspective when using a photocopier - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 15:21:00
Etymology: cut, frustration, crustacean - Fantastic! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-03: 18:29:00
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Handigash
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: han-dee-gash
Sentence: I would have had the report done earlier, however, the bleeding from my handigash shorted out my keyboard.
Etymology: handicap, gash
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COMMENTS:
sounds nasty!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-03: 10:49:00
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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
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)
Stingmata
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sssst innnng maaa taaa
Sentence: Her stingmata coused her to utter the most pious ejaculations while partaking in her daily chores.
Etymology: stigmata, sting.
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COMMENTS:
sort of like "holy shit"? - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-03: 12:17:00
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Unscabable
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈskæbəbḷ/
Sentence: As a compulsive scab-picker, Joseph found his unscabable wound annoying for more than one reason.
Etymology: un + scab + able, as in unable to be scabbed over
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COMMENTS:
gruesome, but good. - galwaywegian, 2007-10-03: 06:18:00
You're on a roll ErWenn! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-03: 15:03:00
Powerful, earthy, teutonic and meaningful! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-03: 18:31:00
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Repetipain
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: ree-petty-payne
Sentence: I've got this repetipain on my finger. I swear every time I left click my mouse.
Etymology: Repeat+pain = repetipain
Infinick
Created by: kearstin
Pronunciation: in-fin-ick
Sentence: While shuffling TPS reports I got another of those dang infincks. I can't type - I'd better take a sick day. At this rate I'll have a worker's comp claim in no time.
Etymology: infinite+nick
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James