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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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Dishfullthinking

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dish/ful/think/ing

Sentence: With only minutes left before his guests arrived he resorted to dishfullthinking to cook the frozen lasagne in time for dinner

Etymology: wishfull thinking + dish (as in dish up food/cook)+ dishfull as in full dish

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COMMENTS:

funny! - emmyb2, 2007-04-24: 11:11:00

Best word of the day!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-04-24: 12:44:00

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Grillpower

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: gril pow er

Sentence: Aman's power to cook food quickly with his mind was quickly discovered and exploited. He could melt a smelt; toast a roast or stew a gnu. His grillpower was so strong that his girlfriend, Dinah, was afraid that he'd advertise this under her name. But he called his new cookers Amana...

Etymology: Grill (cook over a grill) & Willpower (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)

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Microwancy

Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: my-crow-wahn-cy

Sentence: Summoning forth her dark skills in microwancy, the Hot Pocket seemed to shimmer and ooze even faster.

Etymology: Microwave + mancy

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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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Brainwarm

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: brayne-warm

Sentence: Bill thought he could brainwarm and therefore save electricity. It sounded like a roastboast to me.

Etymology: Brain + warm + brainstorm

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So that's why I get so many luke-warm ideas when I'm watching the microwave... - wordmeister, 2007-04-24: 15:38:00

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

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Acelerocallefy

Created by: emmyb2

Pronunciation: a-se-le-ro-ca-li-fy

Sentence: My acelerocallfying was of no use; the quiche still had 10 minutes left to bake.

Etymology: acelero--to accelerate callefy-to warm

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Psycook

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: sigh + cook

Sentence: I've often tried to psycook my Hot Pockets, but it always still ends up taking 3 minutes anyway.

Etymology: psychic + cook

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COMMENTS:

This so good! - wordmeister, 2007-04-25: 10:23:00

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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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Cravewave

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: crave/wave

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

Etymology: CRAVEWAVE - verb - from CRAVE (to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly) + MICROWAVE (to cook, or prepare in a microwave oven)

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COMMENTS:

Very apt; good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:38:00

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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