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'Wow! My brainwaves are melting cheese!'

DEFINITION: v. To pace, stare or drool in front of your stove or microwave, in an effort to use sheer willpower to make your food cook faster. n. A watched pot, pie or pudding.

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Yoquieroqueso

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: En espanol, pinche guero.

Sentence: Dude, I totally yoquieroquesoed that burrito last night, I ate the whole thing before I realized the power was out.

Etymology: I want it, you want it, if you don't, you don't even know what's up. Sorry, find out.

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Mindcrowave

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: mynd-crow-wayv

Sentence: when she walked into the kitchen she found Allan standing in front of the oven, desperately trying to mindcrowave the osso buco in time for dinner

Etymology: mind, microwave

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clever! - emmyb2, 2007-04-24: 11:12:00

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Guardefrost

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: gar-dee-frost

Sentence: Guardefrosting Hot Pockets has become a regular hobby of mine, and it works! I've managed to reduce microwave time from 4 minutes to 3:45.

Etymology: guard + defrost

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Psychowave

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sīkōwāv

Sentence: Wendall thinks he can control the cook time of his microwave with his psychowave powers. If he concentrates, he can cut the time it takes to make popcorn by several seconds. He has tried using his mental powers for other things like affecting the flight of the football when the Ravens attempt a field goal but that hasn\'t worked so well.

Etymology: psycho (relating to the mind or psychology) + microwave (short for microwave oven)

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Heh! beat me to it. :) - galwaywegian, 2009-11-10: 06:19:00

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Cooklook

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: kook-look

Sentence: Unimpressed with the alacrity of his microwave to defrost his frozen burrito, Bob resorted to giving his mealcicle the cooklook, willing it with his mind to get done an astonishing .005 seconds faster.

Etymology: cook, look, and rhymes with cookbook

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petaj I suppose Bob also "looked steak knives" instead of daggers. - petaj, 2007-04-24: 05:33:00

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Fryovision

Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: fry-o-vi-shun

Sentence: I am sure that my super powered fryovision makes the food in the microwave cook faster.

Etymology: fry + o + vision

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Mindcrowave

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: myned-crow-wayv

Sentence: As time was running out, he had know choice but to try mindcrowaving his popcorn.

Etymology: mind, microwave

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Microliciousful

Created by: MuskokaMuffin

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Bellykinesis

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: belēkinēsis

Sentence: Jordan believes that he possesses bellykinesis. When he is hungry his gut makes more noise than an amorous bullfrog. He somehow believes that the resulting sound waves added to microwaves will lower the cooking time of his meal so he presses his ample tummy against the nuke box. Jordan was asked to not return to his corner sandwich shop when he tried to practice delikinesis.

Etymology: belly (the stomach, esp. as representing the body\'s need for food) + telekinesis (the supposed ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other nonphysical means)

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Mindoverbatter

Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: meye-nd-oh-fer-bath-er

Sentence: the souffle rose due to her extraordinary mindoverbatter powers. Now she no longer uses an oven. Al gore is making a documentary about it and hoping she can refreeze Glacier National park.

Etymology: mind- the brain over- prepositioon. matter - as in material of any sort. batter - material of a baking / cooking sort.

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COMMENTS:

Great play on words! - Stevenson0, 2007-04-24: 12:43:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-24: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic.
Thank you Osomatic! ~ James

Mustang - 2008-07-01: 08:09:00
The chef was no doubt a man of principle who would stick by his convections.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-10: 00:14:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James