nugatory

A seemingly endless period of time when your older brother viciously rubs his knuckles back and forth across your head, which serves as a means for you atoning for some egregious action against him (e.g. embarassing him when he brought a girl home, borrowing his autographed baseball, telling your parents about his stash of girlie magazines).

"After I busted Bill's Little League trophy, he put me in nugatory for a full ten minutes."

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wristlock

When your wrist cramps after playing guitar or bass guitar for a long time becoming almost functionally useless. Typically occurs after playing fast (up tempo) music, such as death metal or thrash.

Drummer Dude: What happened to you during that last solo? You cut out.
Lead Guitar Man: The arpeggios killed me. I got wristlock and had to stop.

WARNING: Always warm up before playing!

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