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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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Fracturn
Created by: zavijava
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Larry sprained his wrist fracturning the jar, but the pickles were just fine.
Etymology: fracture-turn
Epictwist
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: e-pic-twist
Sentence: John was epictwisting so long to open the jar of tomato sauce that he began to hyperventilate.
Etymology: epic (saga) Twist (to turn)
Dillficulty
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dil fik ultee
Sentence: Who knew getting Herb to open a jar of pickles could end up being such a dillficulty? His caper started when Madge asked him to turn the lid. He used such force that he broke off the top and the contents landed on the floor. He turned something that should be dillicious into something dillsastrous.
Etymology: Dill (pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed)& Difficulty (a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result)
Streeze
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The man streezed the pickle jar.
Etymology:
Revaulting
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rivôltng
Sentence: It\'s bad enough that the pickle jar is nearly impossible to open but somehow the juice acts like glue to reseal the jar worse than before. The situation is revaulting.
Etymology: revolting (cause to feel disgust) + vault (a secure room in a bank in which valuables are stored)
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) + decapitate + cap
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant: now part of my vocabulary. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-26: 18:06:00
Very good word - TJayzz, 2008-09-27: 05:32:00
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Macholimination
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Mawtch-o-lim-in-ayshun
Sentence: Failing to open the jar after four attempts Delbert suffered a bout of depressing macholimination.
Etymology: Macho + elimination
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:
Wrestlevessel
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: ress-el-vess-el
Sentence: No matter how hard Tony tried to wrestlevessel with the jar of pickle onions he could not manage get the lid off. His wife persuaded him to let her try and with a quick twist the seal was broken in no time, the grin on her face said it all but she insisted it was all in the wrist action.
Etymology: Wrestle(To grapple with, to overcome an opposing tendency or force) + Vessel(an object used to hold or contain something) = Wrestlevessel
Mojar
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: mō-ˈ\jär\
Sentence: "Give it up already Stanley! Stop trying to Mojar the lid off of the pickles,cuz you're gonna give yourself a hemorrhoid!"
Etymology: Mojo (works his mojo on the tennis court ) + Jar
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COMMENTS:
funny sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-26: 15:02:00
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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