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avocado hand

noun

Etymology

avocado + hand; analogous to earlier-attested terms on the pattern of [role/activity/object] + [body part], such as tennis elbow, bed head, runner's knee, farmer's lung, miner's lung, and woolsorter's disease; newer examples include sex hair, Tetris brain, and avocado hand.

Definitions

  1. A hand injury sustained during the cutting of an avocado, typically an incisional or stab…

    A hand injury sustained during the cutting of an avocado, typically an incisional or stab wound of the nondominant hand.

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