Verboticism: Twiststosterone

'I can open this thing!'

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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Streeze

Created by: FreakoSpeako

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The man streezed the pickle jar.

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Swartsnagering

Created by: looseball

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He looked so dang funny swartsnagering that jar of salsa.

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Srewhard

Created by: iluvenglish

Pronunciation: sroo-hard

Sentence: he has been srewharding onto that bottle of gatorade for the past fifteen minutes for exercise.

Etymology: screw, hard

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Twistertion

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: twist/zur/shun

Sentence: Joe's twenty minute twistertion with the mustard jar ended with him smashing it on the kitchen floor and angerily yelling, "I got the #@&^*ing jar open, honey."

Etymology: TWISTERTION - from TWIST (to cause to move with a rotary motion) + EXERTION (vigorous action, or effort)

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Openeurism

Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: o - pan - yer - izm

Sentence: John felt screwzy after nearly having an openeurism trying to get a pickle for Maggie. Several minutes gherkinating on that jar had left him exhausted.

Etymology: open + aneurism, screwzy - woozy from trying to unscrew something, gherkinating - the action of twisting the lid off certain types of pickle jars.

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COMMENTS:

I preferred gherkinating, butn you get my vote. - galwaywegian, 2007-10-30: 08:15:00

libertybelle Ha ha ha!! Great word!! - libertybelle, 2007-10-30: 10:27:00

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Impervitainer

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: Im-per-vee-tay-ner

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

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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

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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)

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Herculopen

libertybelle

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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Twistort

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: twist/tort

Sentence: Johnny when opening a tight lid on a ketchup bottle is able to twistort his whole body, especially his face, to help him open the bottle.

Etymology: twist + distort

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