Verboticisms

Created by: veranadine

Pronunciation:

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: 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: krok o dyal

Sentence: When she met him , he told her he was from Australia and wrangled crocdiles for a living and was known as Crocodile Dundee. But when he had great trouble opening the jar of marmite, she knew he was actually Crockodile Dumdee.

Etymology: Crock (a jar, often earthenware;load of nonsense, foolish talk) and Crocodile (large voracious aquatic reptile;similar to an alligator)

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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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Created by: stilt

Pronunciation: dil'-vawlt

Sentence: Stan was determined to free the crisp, Kosher Vlasics from the dillvault. Unfortunately, he chipped a filling while attempting to dillvault the stubborn lid.

Etymology: dillvault from "dill", a spice used in making pickles, and "vault", a safe.

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: her-cue-low-pen

Sentence: Billy strained for 15 minutes trying to herculopen the jar of olives, he gave up and decided to have his martini without. Miranda popped the jar with a simple flick of her wrist.

Etymology: hercules - noted strong man of ancient Greece + open

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: hur-kew-MIL-ee-ate

Sentence: After months of body-building at the gymn, Bob found himself totally hercumiliated, when in front of his entire family and many of his friends he couldn't, despite straining every muscle, open a jar of jam.

Etymology: Blend of Hercules: greek mythical hero celebrated for his great strength & humiliate.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: her-nee-ya-met-ic

Sentence: Roger needed surgery due to a pickle jar that was herniametically sealed because he wanted to prove to Carol that he was still virile. As he lay panting and in pain on the ground, Carol held the jar under running hot water, tapped it once or twice with a knife and it opened without effort. Then she called an ambulance.

Etymology: hernia: rupture or protrusion of an organ of the body or part of the body structure through the wall that normally contains it + hermetic: completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air; impervious against outside influences or interference

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COMMENTS:

cute word - Nosila, 2010-02-25: 11:12:00

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: Im-per-vee-tay-ner

Sentence:

Etymology: a contraction of the words "impervious" and "container"

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