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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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Impervitainer
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: Im-per-vee-tay-ner
Sentence:
Etymology: a contraction of the words "impervious" and "container"
Srewhard
Created by: iluvenglish
Pronunciation: sroo-hard
Sentence: he has been srewharding onto that bottle of gatorade for the past fifteen minutes for exercise.
Etymology: screw, hard
Ajarafar
Created by: November
Pronunciation:
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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COMMENTS:
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
Wow. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:36:00
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Twiststosterone
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation: twist tos terone
Sentence: my twisterone wasnt enough to impress my girlfriend.
Etymology: to twist testosterone
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COMMENTS:
Perfect! - ErWenn, 2007-10-31: 01:11:00
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Streeze
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The man streezed the pickle jar.
Etymology:
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.
Straplexed
Created by: Justpeachyy
Pronunciation: Stra - strain plexed- perplexed
Sentence: " I have straplexed long enough.. I cant handle the embarrassment any longer."
Etymology: from Latin plexus, plexus involved, Latin struere to heap up
Writhepudding
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: rice pudding with a speech impediment rythe-pudding
Sentence: Yet again, Andy resorted to writhepudding to extract his dessert from the tin without a can opener. But it was a fruitless exercise. His strength was already depleted from the contortellini to obtain his first course.
Etymology: rice pudding + writhe
Picklejam
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: pick-ul-jam
Sentence: Man, it's darn hard to picklejam this thing!
Etymology: pickles, jam (stuck)
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COMMENTS:
hello - leechdude, 2007-11-08: 21:07:00
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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
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
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