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#133918 - 10/11/04 02:18 PM pygalgia
jheem Offline
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pygalgia :- [< Gk pyge 'buttocks' + algos 'pain'] "Causing or concerning a pain in the ass." Milvus Illutibarbus Dipsophrenia boreas.


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#133919 - 10/11/04 05:17 PM Re: pygalgia
Buffalo Shrdlu Offline
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heh. I have classes full of pygalgic children...



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#133920 - 10/12/04 06:39 PM Re: pygalgia
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I propose a verb: to pygalge: to cause pain in the figurative butt (intransitive)

Example: He will have been pygalging the region to such extremes that the cows will never come home.


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