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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.
Verboticisms
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Scrench
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɛntʃ/
Sentence: Once, when presented with a jar with a lid sealed shut by dried-out shoe polish, my grandfather screnched the jar into pieces.
Etymology: From screw + wrench. Kinda sounds like "clench", which is what one does with one's teeth while screnching.
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COMMENTS:
True story about my grandfather. Cut him up pretty badly, but still a very impressive display of manhood. (As with all impressive displays of manhood, a certain degree of stupidity is a necessity.) - ErWenn, 2007-10-30: 11:06:00
Your word sums up well the effort and feeling of the task. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-30: 16:52:00
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Dillcapitate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dill/cap/i/tate
Sentence: I will dillcapitate you Dave screamed at the pickle jar - even if my eyes remain bloodshot for a week.
Etymology: dill (as in pickle) + dilapidate + decapitate + cap
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COMMENTS:
funny! - remistram, 2007-10-30: 09:23:00
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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
Lidication
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation: Lid-ick-kacion
Sentence: with the many tools available to the modern chef, lidication has become a dying art.
Etymology: Lid + extrication
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COMMENTS:
good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-30: 16:53:00
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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.
Emascujarggle
Created by: veranadine
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He began to emascujarggle with assembling the new bicycle, to no avail.
Etymology: masculine, emasculate, jar, struggle, juggle
Twistort
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: twist/tort
Sentence: Johnny when opening a tight lid on a ketchup bottle is able to twistort his whole body, especially his face, to help him open the bottle.
Etymology: twist + distort
Struggner
Created by: tumblebehr
Pronunciation: Strugg ner
Sentence:
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton! ~ James'
That guy in the cartoon ought to have some droolpickles with all that effort.
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!
Thanks Kevcom! ~ James
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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.
Today's definition was suggested by Clayton. Thank you Clayton. ~ James