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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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Eggon

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eh gone

Sentence: he would regularly eggon the food in his microwave, convinced the warm feeling in his head was his brain adding extra heat to the oven, rather than vice versa.

Etymology: to egg on, to encourage

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COMMENTS:

petaj Nice one - but I don't have any votes left today :-( - petaj, 2007-04-24: 23:39:00

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Nukenesis

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nook ken ees sis

Sentence: Luke always felt his superior intellect allowed him to conduct experiments. He used his enormous brain to try and speed up the cooking of his lunch by what he called nukenesis. And yes his cheese melted twice as fast through this power. He ran boasting to his mother, whose only comment was: "Use your Lukenesis instead and persuade someone to give you a job? You are 32 and still living off you father and I!"

Etymology: Nuke (to zap;microwave food) & Kinesis (a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation)

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Chaperoast

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌʃæpəˈɹoʊst/

Sentence: When it came to cooking, he was the ultimate meddler, kibitzing over anyone's shoulder as they cooked. Even when he was alone in the kitchen, he'd chaperoast the food as it cooked, occasionally giving it advice about the best way to boil, bake, or fry.

Etymology: From chaperon + roast

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

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Salibake

americanogig

Created by: americanogig

Pronunciation: Sal eh bake

Sentence: Gregory began to wonder if his popcorn would be sufficiently popped by the next millennium. Since all other conventional means had failed him, he decided to pull out his tried and true method of salibaking. After willing the kernels to burst forth in buttered glory he boasted of his amazing ability to semi-instantly salibake.

Etymology: From salivate and bake

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Telekitchenesis

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: telly-KITCH-en-e-sis

Sentence: Uri, if you really must use your telekitchenesis skills at least put them to good use. Save us some electricity instead of just bending spoons and forks.

Etymology: telekinesis + kitchen

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nice reference - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-24: 12:19:00

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Telecooknetics

joearcher

Created by: joearcher

Pronunciation: telly-cook-neticks

Sentence: I was so desperate for my beans on toast I was using telecooknetics to speed up the toaster

Etymology:

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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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Neuromicropathy

Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /nu-row-my-crop-uh-thee/

Sentence: "By the pure power of neuromicropathy Ted's food was cooking faster than ever. He knew he was on to something here - if he could only stare through the food..."

Etymology: Neurology + microwave + homeopathy

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Tapiocultism

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: tap-ee-oh-cult-ism

Sentence: Greg never went hungry. He could speed up cooking times by using the right spell from his book on tapiocultism.

Etymology: tapioca (a thickening substance in food) + occult (of magic or supernatural arts)

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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