bamboo manicure

Euphemysm for a torture technique whereby strips of bamboo and jammed under the victim's fingernails. Considered excruciating, the bamboo manicure was a favoured tactic of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.

"if he doesn't talk in the next five minutes, give him a bamboo manicure"--assailant to underling

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