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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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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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Microslavering

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: my/crow/slave/ur/ing

Sentence: When conventional cooking wasn't fast enough he resorted to microslavering. It was messy but he made sure to wear a bib.

Etymology: microwave + slaver (drool or dribble)

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COMMENTS:

Nice ring about it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:52:00

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Braincrowave

Created by: pinoyhunk08

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx BRAINCOWAVE is OK- but it sounds like the name of an appliance. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:10:00

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Cravewave

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: crave/wave

Sentence: When hunger completely occupies his mind, he cravewaves his food with a little help from the nuker.

Etymology: crave + microwave + brainwave

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COMMENTS:

Excellent word!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-24: 08:31:00

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Foodookinese

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: foodoo like voodoo, kinese like in telekinesis

Sentence: He used his skills in Foodokinesis too get his hot dog barking quicker and louder !

Etymology: food + voodoo + telekinesis = foodookinese

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Macrowait

playdohheart

Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: Ma-cro-way-t

Sentence: I know "a watched pot never boils" but I still can never resist the urge to marcowait.

Etymology: Microwave, Macro, Wait

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Psychrowave

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sigh crow wave

Sentence: He psychrowaved the burger and sat on the buns to warm them.

Etymology: microwave psyche

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COMMENTS:

Is that like a person who "seers" his meat because he likes them "medium"? - Nosila, 2011-03-29: 23:34:00

well done Nosila - galwaywegian, 2011-03-31: 05:12:00

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Telefry

zrotv

Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: tĕl'ə-frī

Sentence: We would have been out of luck with the broken microwave had it not been for my keen ability to telefry the tv dinners.

Etymology: Tele ('far') fry ('To cook with direct heat')

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Lookincookin

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: look in cook in

Sentence: Fritz was the King of LookinCookin. He could stare at food and change it's metabollic state. He was famous for His HopeCuisine, his lookerycookery,Doc; his WatchPotch. He had actually won prizes for his searing glances, his appraising braising, his frowning browning, his spying frying,his gazing glazing, his simmering good looks and his eyeing pieing. Yes, Fritz was definitely the StareMeister of Cooking. Any meal he could fix with a stare...

Etymology: Lookin (looking:the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually) & cookin (Cooking:the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

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metrohumanx Hahahaha Thank You... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:02:00

Fritz, a veritable radar ranger. Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-01: 08:06:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:37:00

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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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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