Hey I saw this commercial on tv about chafing... what is chafing??? I think it has something to do with shaving your underarms or something. Can someone please explain?
mushoku answered Thursday June 30 2005, 6:14 pm: Chaffing is basically when your skin gets rubbed enough that it starts to be damaged. It will usually cause irritation, redness, moisture (of clear fluid being excreted onto the skin from underneath to lubricate the surface), and loss of the top layer of skin (the dead/dying skin).
HyperactiveMiss answered Thursday June 30 2005, 5:13 pm: No idea. But basically you could have just looked it up in a dictionary, which is what I did for you.
1 : IRRITATE, VEX
2 : to warm by rubbing especially with the hands
3 a : to rub so as to wear away : ABRADE <the boat chafed its sides against the dock> b : to make sore by or as if by rubbing
intransitive senses
1 : to feel irritation or discontent : FRET <chafes at his restrictive desk job>
2 : to rub and thereby cause wear or irritation [ HyperactiveMiss's advice column | Ask HyperactiveMiss A Question ]
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