{"id":875,"date":"2010-03-01T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2010-03-01T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T17:00:04","slug":"herniametic-i-can-open-this-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"Herniametic: I can open this thing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em>, To strain with all your might in a desperate effort to open a sealed container, such as a jar of pickles. <em>n.<\/em>, A small jar which cannot be opened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/pickles.gif\" alt=\"I can open this thing!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Herniametic<\/strong>:  \/<em>her-nee-ya-met-ic<\/em>\/ 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. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  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 <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Herniametic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-02-25: 11:12:00<\/em> <br \/>cute word<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Brineteaser<\/strong>:  \/<em>bryne tee zer<\/em>\/ 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. &#8220;You mustard loosened it for me, Mason!&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Brine (a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling) &amp; Teaser (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution&#8230;play on BrainTeaser (A mentally challenging problem or puzzle) <\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Brineteaser:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=mrskellyscl\">mrskellyscl<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-02-25: 05:03:00<\/em> <br \/>great word<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Impervitainer<\/strong>:  \/<em>Im-per-vee-tay-ner<\/em>\/  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  a contraction of the words &#8220;impervious&#8221; and &#8220;container&#8221; <em>Created by:<\/em> Koekbroer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revaulting<\/strong>:  \/<em>riv\u00c3\u00b4ltng<\/em>\/ It&#8217;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. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  revolting (cause to feel disgust) + vault (a secure room in a bank in which valuables are stored) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=pickles\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=pickles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Herniametic: \/her-nee-ya-met-ic\/ Roger needed surgery due to a pickle jar that was herniametically sealed because he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=875\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Herniametic: I can open this thing!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}