Verboticism: Capensation
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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Swartsnagering
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He looked so dang funny swartsnagering that jar of salsa.
Etymology:
Torqueture
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tork chewer
Sentence: The torqueture was all the more painful because he didn't even like branston pickle.
Etymology: torque, torture
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COMMENTS:
maybe he should dill-iberate more when he chooses his pickles - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-30: 12:15:00
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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)
Botchalism
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: boch-al-iz-uh m
Sentence: Whenever Harry tries to display his machoism, like when asks him to open a jar of pickles, it quickly turns into a case of botchalism.
Etymology: botch (to spoil by poor work; bungle) + ism (a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice) play on botulism
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
Ha ha ha!! Great word!! - libertybelle, 2007-10-30: 10:27:00
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Cranisprain
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: krey-nee-spreyn
Sentence: Was it worth the cranisprain and biting off his own tongue to get at those tasty pickles? The irony!
Etymology: cranial + sprain
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)
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
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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