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#133918 10/11/2004 6:18 PM
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pygalgia :- [< Gk pyge 'buttocks' + algos 'pain'] "Causing or concerning a pain in the ass." Milvus Illutibarbus Dipsophrenia boreas.


#133919 10/11/2004 9:17 PM
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heh. I have classes full of pygalgic children...





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#133920 10/12/2004 10:39 PM
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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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