Verboticism: Ajarafar
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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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
Straplexed
Created by: Justpeachyy
Pronunciation: Stra - strain plexed- perplexed
Sentence: " I have straplexed long enough.. I cant handle the embarrassment any longer."
Etymology: from Latin plexus, plexus involved, Latin struere to heap up
Jarpilepsy
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: jär-p'ə-lěp'sē
Sentence: Walter's eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets, his lips pulled back in a rictus snarl, red-faced and snarling, and Sue could see the veins sticking out on his forehead when she walked into the room -- she nearly turned and ran until she saw the pickle jar he was trying to open, and realized it was just a case of jarpilepsy, and his machochistic need to show her that he could pull out his pickle.
Etymology: jar (Middle English jarre) + epilepsy (from Gk. epilepsia "seizure")
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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Circumfailurence
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Cir cum fail urence
Sentence: When the vein in his head popped out of place after a long bout of circumfailurence, he handed the jar to his wife who opened it easily. "I loosened it for you," he boasted.
Etymology: Circumference (the size of something as given by the distance around it) & failure (not successful)
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COMMENTS:
love the sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-26: 15:06:00
Happens everyday in households round the world... - Nosila, 2008-09-26: 20:21:00
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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
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
Hercumiliate
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.
Wristsist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rist sist
Sentence: Stanley could normally open anything but this pickle jar was determined to wristsist all his efforts. Try as he mite, he could not open it. What he did not realize was that he had met the leader of the Wristsistance in his fridge, Colonel Cornichon. The Colonel had dilliberately held his position and mobilized his highly trained commandos, The Gherkins, to hold off Stanley's attacks. When Stanley held their stronghold under hot water and tapped it with a knife, the Colonel knew the siege was almost over and mustard his courage and sent out an SOS (Sweet or Sour) signal: "Mayo-day, Mayo-day, we don't relish this a salt. Although we've worked hard for our bread and butter, pickles, it is time to use our brines and admit defeat, since wristsistance is futile and sing the old war songs. 'Goodbye, Piccallili, Farewell Leicester Square, it's a long, long way to sip a sherry, but my heart's right there'. Dill we meet again, in the Alimentary Canal, I salute you."
Etymology: Wrist (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones) & Resist (refuse to comply;withstand the force of something;elude, especially in a baffling way)
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COMMENTS:
Can't open the pickle jar? No big dill! Great paranomasiac story... - LoftyDreamer, 2008-09-29: 20:23:00
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