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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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Psygoocazer
Created by: mitchchick
Pronunciation: s-eye-goo-cAYzer
Sentence: I psygoocazered that piece of cheese on my hotdog.
Etymology:
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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Nourishove
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: NUR-ish-UVV (nourishovittles)
Sentence: Impatiently waiting to cook a confection- That just won’t succumb to telekinvection? Petition more power to come from above… Psycho-cook faster with a long NOURISHOVE !
Etymology: NOURISH (nourishment): something which gives sustenance to a living organism. food: Middle English nurishen, from Anglo-French nuriss-, stem of nurrir, norrir, from Latin nutrire to suckle, nourish; akin to Greek nan to flow, noteros damp, Sanskrit snauti it drips.....SHOVE: to force by other than physical means, to compel; Middle English, from Old English scūfan to thrust away; akin to Old High German scioban to push and probably to Lithuanian skubti to hurry.
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COMMENTS:
Sanskrit snauti: it drips !*?!! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-10: 05:48:00
- hoping for a strong nourishove to my pizza! Good one! - splendiction, 2009-11-10: 18:05:00
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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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Psychrowave
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SYK-ro-wave
Sentence: Werner believed he had the power to cook foods faster by means of psychrowaving it, elevating electron activity within the food thru telepathy.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'Psyche' (the mental or psychological structure of a person, especially as a motive force) and 'microwave' (an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency) or (microwave oven)
Gloatmeal
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: glowt/meel
Sentence: His morning breakfast consisted of gloatmeal and juice
Etymology: gloat (stare) + oatmeal
Acceleerate
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: ACCELERATE+LEER
Sentence: It is as if without their constant gaze, acceleerating the process, the meal would never be done.
Etymology: ACCELERATE+LEER. LEER: 1. To look with a sidelong glance. 2.(British Dialect) having no burden or load; faint for lack of food; hungry. 3. Acronym for Low-Energy Electron Reflection.
Whilichinesis
Created by: Bigman
Pronunciation: WILL-itch-IN-esis
Sentence: I used my whilichinesis to heat the popcorn, cool huh!? The soldiers used their whilichinesis to break their bonds and escape.
Etymology: Combines WILL + IT+ KINESIS "willing it into motion to heat up"
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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Salibake
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
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