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contraption adaption 

1) The period of time needed to familiarize oneself with a new electronic device.
2) Often, a period of extreme anxiety and frustration stemming from one's need to learn a lot of technical information in a short to non-existent period of time.
1) "I'm sorry, Joe. I won't be in to work today. I'm exhausted from staying up all night learning how to use my new i-phone and am suffering this morning from a bad case of contraption adaption."

2) "I'm now limiting my persuit of new e-toys to only those gadgets with a low level of contraption adaption."

3) The salesguy said: "If you buy this new Mac laptop today, I guarantee you'll start using it today." "Yeah, sure", I said. "I'll BET there's no contraption adaption for THIS machine!"

concraption 

A poorly designed device, often impractical and/or ineffective.
Look at that concraption holding his muffler on. That bungee cord will melt in no time!

concraption by jackdh4x0r December 28, 2005

Concraptions 

The short bursts of pain one experiences when they need to take a dump or 'crap'. Similar in length and style to contraptions that a women will experience during labour before birth.
Wife: 'Arghh these contraptions are killing me'

Husband: 'I had Indian food yesterday and the toilet's blocked. My concraptions are way worse'
Concraptions by Mrcrapper November 2, 2010

multi-contraptional 

Any device or technology that is too complicated to successfully operate. A modern version of a Rube Goldberg device.
That widget is so multi-contraptional, it'll never work.
multi-contraptional by Wayne Jones September 12, 2005

The Contraption 

A device which connects your penis to your ass. The prime adjective of this device is to allow a stream of your own urine to flow directly into your own anus. The feeling is both pleasurable and sensational.
Yo DC, quit hogging the contraption. I wanna pee in my own ass too!

ass contraption 

when you wipe your bum with a hedgehog
Use an ass contraption to wipe your ass is when you use a hedgehog touch surface to wipe that raggity shit stains from your ass
ass contraption by Hintonater November 22, 2017
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Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
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murderhobo 

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Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
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