Verboticisms

Created by: tumblebehr

Pronunciation: Strugg ner

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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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hello - leechdude, 2007-11-08: 21:07:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bryne tee zer

Sentence: Mason did not relish the brineteaser that Marsha had just given him. That jar of gherkins would take Herculean effort to open. He ran it under hot water and banged the lid with a knife, all to no avail. That lid was dilliberately stuck on for good. He had tried to be a dillagent, but if he thought that lid was coming off anytime soon, he was dilluded. When he dillvered the still-shut jar back to Marsha, she opened it first try. "You mustard loosened it for me, Mason!"

Etymology: Brine (a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling) & Teaser (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution...play on BrainTeaser (A mentally challenging problem or puzzle)

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great word - mrskellyscl, 2010-02-25: 05:03:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: jär-p'ə-lěp'sē

Sentence: Walter's eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets, his lips pulled back in a rictus snarl, red-faced and snarling, and Sue could see the veins sticking out on his forehead when she walked into the room -- she nearly turned and ran until she saw the pickle jar he was trying to open, and realized it was just a case of jarpilepsy, and his machochistic need to show her that he could pull out his pickle.

Etymology: jar (Middle English jarre) + epilepsy (from Gk. epilepsia "seizure")

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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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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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Can't open the pickle jar? No big dill! Great paranomasiac story... - LoftyDreamer, 2008-09-29: 20:23:00

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Created by: svnfsvn

Pronunciation: twist tos terone

Sentence: my twisterone wasnt enough to impress my girlfriend.

Etymology: to twist testosterone

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Perfect! - ErWenn, 2007-10-31: 01:11:00

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Created by: veranadine

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Sentence: He began to emascujarggle with assembling the new bicycle, to no avail.

Etymology: masculine, emasculate, jar, struggle, juggle

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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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funny! - remistram, 2007-10-30: 09:23:00

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Created by: retoricaljoe

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