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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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Streeze
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The man streezed the pickle jar.
Etymology:
Scroucherize
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: S
Sentence: Henry, despite all his schroucherization, could not budge the cap from Helen's bottle of nail polish remover.
Etymology:
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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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.
Strainjary
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: strain-jury
Sentence: He developed a strainjary trying to open the jar.
Etymology:
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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Herniaetical
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: her - knee - ae - tik - ally
Sentence: After Marilyn left to take Joe to the hospital, the rest of us conceded that the jar was herniaetially sealed. No one would be having pickles that night.
Etymology: hernia + hermetically (sealed)
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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Machobotchup
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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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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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