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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.
Verboticisms
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Culinlinger
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: cul LIN ling ER
Sentence: Freddy’s culinlingering over his melting cheese-dog was partly due to his poor eating habits. He battled time, skipped meals, to become an over-bearing oaf in the kitchen. Leaning into the microwave, he imagined the appliance responded to his throbbing appetite with soothing efficiency.
Etymology: From: culinary and linger.
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COMMENTS:
culinmerry word - Nosila, 2009-11-10: 17:16:00
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Concenbake
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kon - sen - bayk
Sentence: Trudy needed to have the cake ready for the baby shower but a series of events put her behind. She looked at the cake through the oven window and began to concenbake so that it would bake faster; or so she believed.
Etymology: concentrate, bake
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COMMENTS:
bunderful - galwaywegian, 2009-11-10: 14:56:00
flantastic word - Nosila, 2009-11-10: 17:25:00
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Freyes
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: frize
Sentence: As he was late for class, Curt gave his food the freyes, willing it to cook much faster.
Etymology: fry, eyes
Pacebaker
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: PASE bay ker
Sentence: Phil's wife calls him "The Pacebaker" because he walks a regular rhythm, back and forth, back and forth, "thump, thump, thump," the whole time his food is in the microwave. He seems to think he can keep it going and urge it along.
Etymology: pace + baker, a play on the word "pacemaker"
Telekinvection
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: TELL-IH-KIN-VEC-SHUN
Sentence: Staring into the water did not hasten it's boiling, but gazing thru the microgrid convinced me that TELEKINVECTION was a force to be reckoned with....
Etymology: TELEKINESIS-affecting the properties of something using the formidable power of brainwaves. CONVECTION-an "old school" method of cooking using a direct heat source.
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COMMENTS:
TELEKINesis+conVECTION
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- metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:01:00
A word to be reckoned with! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:35:00
LOL You need to write a book! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:15:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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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Bellykinesis
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)
Telecooknetics
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:
Comments:
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.
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James