Verboticisms

Created by: QuantumMechanic

Pronunciation: uh JAR uh Plex ee

Sentence: After trying to open the tiny jelly jar, his ajaroplexy left him red-faced and hungry.

Etymology: a- + jar (container) + -oplexy (from apoplexy, strain)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: mah-cho-BOTSCH-up

Sentence: Stan was always trying to impress the ladies with feats of strength but more often than not his puny efforts ended with a machobotchup, leaving the impression that he was a wimp rather than a stud.

Etymology: Blend of 'macho' (an assertively virile, dominating, or domineering male) and 'botch'(to foul up hopelessly —often used with up)

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COMMENTS:

I also detect a touch of ketchup. - artr, 2012-11-30: 08:56:00

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Created by: Whittier

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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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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: ress-el-vess-el

Sentence: No matter how hard Tony tried to wrestlevessel with the jar of pickle onions he could not manage get the lid off. His wife persuaded him to let her try and with a quick twist the seal was broken in no time, the grin on her face said it all but she insisted it was all in the wrist action.

Etymology: Wrestle(To grapple with, to overcome an opposing tendency or force) + Vessel(an object used to hold or contain something) = Wrestlevessel

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: maw-choh-GOT-cha

Sentence: Having always considered himself to be very manly and virile, Hector's self confidence suffered a major case of machogotcha when he failed at all attempts to open the jar of pickles at the office picnic.

Etymology: Blend of 'macho' (an assertively virile, dominating, or domineering male) and 'gotcha' (the fact of having beeen caught or defeated)

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COMMENTS:

Rolls off the tongue nicely - artr, 2008-09-26: 07:35:00

I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-26: 18:17:00

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Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: e-pic-twist

Sentence: John was epictwisting so long to open the jar of tomato sauce that he began to hyperventilate.

Etymology: epic (saga) Twist (to turn)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: krey-nee-spreyn

Sentence: Was it worth the cranisprain and biting off his own tongue to get at those tasty pickles? The irony!

Etymology: cranial + sprain

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: Im-per-vee-tay-ner

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Etymology: a contraction of the words "impervious" and "container"

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: boch-al-iz-uh m

Sentence: Whenever Harry tries to display his machoism, like when asks him to open a jar of pickles, it quickly turns into a case of botchalism.

Etymology: botch (to spoil by poor work; bungle) + ism (a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice) play on botulism

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