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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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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
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.
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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Forcefailed
Created by: Lidipop
Pronunciation: 4-suh-fay-led.
Sentence: she secretly enjoyed watching him struggle! his forcefailed attempt made her laugh...hehehe :)
Etymology: force + fail.(In action)= "forcefailed"
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)
Torqueture
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: torrk chewer
Sentence: The torqueture caused the strain of four muscles and at least two little pickles
Etymology: torque torture
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-26: 15:02:00
The root of this word must be Torquemada, the Grand Torturer of the Spanish Inquisition! - Nosila, 2008-09-26: 20:24:00
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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.
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)
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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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