Phrase Of The Day: “potaper cut”
potaper cut: n. A paper-cut-esque incision of the finger or knuckle caused by a very crisp potato chip. See also: “tuber-cuticle-osis.”
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potaper cut: n. A paper-cut-esque incision of the finger or knuckle caused by a very crisp potato chip. See also: “tuber-cuticle-osis.”
Ow! Salt in the wound…
As someone who once sliced her palm open on the corner of a saltine, I feel your pain.
Amen!
Now what do you call it when a little piece of chip wedges itself under the gumline? Besides gross and anguishing?
Salt AND vinegar. Degrees more pain in a paper cut.
Nicely conceived, Sarah.
I once cut my hand on a very crusty loaf of bread. I’m having a hard time coining a word for that, though.
Don’t forget the improperly-chewed-corn-chip-stabbing-your-soft-throat-tissue-and-you-feel-like-a-mumps-patient-all-night subcatagory.
I thought I was the only one who could cut herself on food. WHEW.