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'I can open this thing!'

DEFINITION: v., To strain with all your might in a desperate effort to open a sealed container, such as a jar of pickles. n., A small jar which cannot be opened.

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Facrectispont

Created by: NeuroGlyph

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Frictrate

Created by: libwen

Pronunciation: 'frik-trayt

Sentence: Sadly, the container of yogurt squirted me after I had frictrated too hard to get it open.

Etymology: friction + frustrate

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Streeze

Created by: FreakoSpeako

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Sentence: The man streezed the pickle jar.

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Vlasikinetropate

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Vlas-uh-kin-uh-TROH-payt

Sentence: Scooter loved Granny Mabel's homemade preserves, but some of them had been canned so long ago that he often failed to vlasikinetropate well enough to get them open without resorting to hammers or screwdrivers.

Etymology: Vlasic: a brand of pickles that come in impenetrable vacuum-sealed jars + Kinetic: a visible expenditure of energy + Tropism: motion derived from stimulus, such as hunger + Pate: referring to the forehead area which reddens and sweats during this process.

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Contorque

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: kən-Tawrk

Sentence: As I watched my girlfriend contorque to open the jar of peanut butter, I thought to myself, “This is not 'good' naked.”

Etymology: Latin contorquēre Latin torques

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Herculopen

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: her-cue-low-pen

Sentence: Billy strained for 15 minutes trying to herculopen the jar of olives, he gave up and decided to have his martini without. Miranda popped the jar with a simple flick of her wrist.

Etymology: hercules - noted strong man of ancient Greece + open

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Forcefailed

Created by: Lidipop

Pronunciation: 4-suh-fay-led.

Sentence: she secretly enjoyed watching him struggle! his forcefailed attempt made her laugh...hehehe :)

Etymology: force + fail.(In action)= "forcefailed"

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Ajarafar

Created by: November

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Sentence: He could just as well stop trying to twist and shout, this was one of those definite ajarafar's.

Etymology: (the obvious a Jar) Ajar adv. & adj. Partially opened: left the door ajar. + A far adj., farther or further, farthest or furthest. Being at considerable distance; remote: a far country. Going back a considerable extent in time: the far past. More distant than another: the far corner. Extensive or lengthy: a far trek.

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or Ajarafarce Where the ending is also the word *farce • noun 1 a comic dramatic work or genre using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including ludicrously improbable situations. 2 an absurd event. - November, 2008-09-30: 08:43:00

metrohumanx Wow. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:36:00

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Scroucherize

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: S

Sentence: Henry, despite all his schroucherization, could not budge the cap from Helen's bottle of nail polish remover.

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Prostatastrain

Created by: justjenny420

Pronunciation: Prostate-a-strain

Sentence: Joe cursed at the pickle jar that caused his prostratastrain difficulty.

Etymology: When one blows out the prostrate due to over straining while trying to open a tightly sealed jar.

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-30: 04:21:00
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton! ~ James'

petaj petaj - 2007-10-30: 09:11:00
That guy in the cartoon ought to have some droolpickles with all that effort.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-30: 11:38:00
Hey Petaj, Good idea! I have added some Pavlovian droolpickles. (You may need to reload to see the updated image.) ~ James

Kevcom - 2007-10-30: 15:39:00
Print it out! Print it out! Soooo Good just like the last!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-31: 00:56:00
Thanks Kevcom! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-31: 01:21:00
VERBOTOMY BLOG PARTY: November 1, 2007 is Verbotomy's first birthday! We are having a Blog Party to celebrate. Everybody is invited to the Verbotomy Blog to chat. All comments will be published as soon as you post them, so bring your favorite words and definitions and we'll chat. Go to http://www.verbotomy.com/blog. Talk to you then! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-10-31: 04:20:00
The droolpickles look great. He must have been salivating in anticipation.

November - 2008-09-30: 07:53:00
or Ajarafarce Where the ending is also the word *farce • noun 1 a comic dramatic work or genre using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including ludicrously improbable situations. 2 an absurd event.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-25: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton. ~ James