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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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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:
Nice one - but I don't have any votes left today :-( - petaj, 2007-04-24: 23:39:00
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Hynowave
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: TYPO! HYPNOWAVE hip/no/wave
Sentence: Judy was so convinced she had the ability to hypnowave her Lean Cuisines, that she didn't worry when she realized she could not afford the electric bill this month.
Etymology: hypnotize food into believing it is cooking with microwaves emitted from eyeballs
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COMMENTS:
Damn! I meant HYPNOWAVE! - lumina, 2008-07-01: 00:32:00
I really like HYPNOWAVE.
I find the word MESMERRADIATING.
- metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:14:00
Clever blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:39:00
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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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Mindboiling
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: mind-boy-ling
Sentence: He focused intently on soup in an attempt to mindboil it to the appropriate temparature in half the usual time.
Etymology: mind-using the power of the brain; boiling--heating up
Psygoocazer
Created by: mitchchick
Pronunciation: s-eye-goo-cAYzer
Sentence: I psygoocazered that piece of cheese on my hotdog.
Etymology:
Microslave
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: my krow slay vvvv
Sentence: Maeve was a microslave nad had the irradiated frontal cortex to prove it
Etymology: microwave slave
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COMMENTS:
- yeah, I always though it bad to get too close to the microwave when it's on! - splendiction, 2009-11-10: 18:07:00
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Braincrowave
Created by: pinoyhunk08
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
BRAINCOWAVE is OK- but it sounds like the name of an appliance. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:10:00
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Psychothermalize
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Sigh-Ko-Thurm-A-Lies
Sentence: Dan psychothermalized the hotdog, to no effect
Etymology: Psyche; Thermal
Gloatmeal
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: glowt/meel
Sentence: His morning breakfast consisted of gloatmeal and juice
Etymology: gloat (stare) + oatmeal
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
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