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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.
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Jarchacha
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: jahr-CHAH-chah
Sentence: Bob found himself totally in a jarchacha, when in front of Mrs Sanchez, who he wanted to emundorosape perfectly, even to her love of Latin-American dancing and body-building, he couldn't, despite straining every muscle, open a jar of gerkins.
Etymology: Blend of Jar & Cha-Cha
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-26: 15:00:00
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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.
Cantopenthis
Created by: uluvitnunoit
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
Like the look of it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-26: 18:07:00
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Wristsist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rist sist
Sentence: Stanley could normally open anything but this pickle jar was determined to wristsist all his efforts. Try as he mite, he could not open it. What he did not realize was that he had met the leader of the Wristsistance in his fridge, Colonel Cornichon. The Colonel had dilliberately held his position and mobilized his highly trained commandos, The Gherkins, to hold off Stanley's attacks. When Stanley held their stronghold under hot water and tapped it with a knife, the Colonel knew the siege was almost over and mustard his courage and sent out an SOS (Sweet or Sour) signal: "Mayo-day, Mayo-day, we don't relish this a salt. Although we've worked hard for our bread and butter, pickles, it is time to use our brines and admit defeat, since wristsistance is futile and sing the old war songs. 'Goodbye, Piccallili, Farewell Leicester Square, it's a long, long way to sip a sherry, but my heart's right there'. Dill we meet again, in the Alimentary Canal, I salute you."
Etymology: Wrist (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones) & Resist (refuse to comply;withstand the force of something;elude, especially in a baffling way)
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COMMENTS:
Can't open the pickle jar? No big dill! Great paranomasiac story... - LoftyDreamer, 2008-09-29: 20:23:00
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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
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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Ajaroplexy
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)
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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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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Twistertion
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: twist/zur/shun
Sentence: Joe's twenty minute twistertion with the mustard jar ended with him smashing it on the kitchen floor and angerily yelling, "I got the #@&^*ing jar open, honey."
Etymology: TWISTERTION - from TWIST (to cause to move with a rotary motion) + EXERTION (vigorous action, or effort)
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