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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.
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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"
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
Psychowave
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sīkōwāv
Sentence: Wendall thinks he can control the cook time of his microwave with his psychowave powers. If he concentrates, he can cut the time it takes to make popcorn by several seconds. He has tried using his mental powers for other things like affecting the flight of the football when the Ravens attempt a field goal but that hasn\'t worked so well.
Etymology: psycho (relating to the mind or psychology) + microwave (short for microwave oven)
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COMMENTS:
Heh! beat me to it. :) - galwaywegian, 2009-11-10: 06:19:00
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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)
Psychook
Created by: cohenarie
Pronunciation: SI kuk
Sentence: As grandma always said, a container of water subjected to psychookery will never reach or exceed 100 degrees celsius.
Etymology: psychic + cook
Tapiocultism
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)
Guardefrost
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: gar-dee-frost
Sentence: Guardefrosting Hot Pockets has become a regular hobby of mine, and it works! I've managed to reduce microwave time from 4 minutes to 3:45.
Etymology: guard + defrost
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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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)
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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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