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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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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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Mesmerradiate

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: mez - mur - AID - ee - ait

Sentence: Ever the technogeek, Clarence believed if he could mesmerradiate with sufficient concentration that he could actually speed up the cooking process of his microwave.

Etymology: Blend of mesmerize (to compel by fascination) and irradiate (to heat with radiant energy)

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx MESMERRADIATE is great! Good one, Centurion! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:05:00

You are getting hungry...you are going to cook faster...and when Isnap my fingers you won't remember any of it! Good word, Mustang. - Nosila, 2008-07-01: 12:41:00

I'm mesmerized. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:36:00

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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

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Jeangrelieve

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: jeen - gree - leev

Sentence: Bobby can keep on staring at that piece of shit but jeangrelieving, honestly, won't turn that pile of crap to a Louvre masterpiece.

Etymology: Jean Grey (X-Men) + believe

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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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Telefry

zrotv

Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: tĕl'ə-frī

Sentence: We would have been out of luck with the broken microwave had it not been for my keen ability to telefry the tv dinners.

Etymology: Tele ('far') fry ('To cook with direct heat')

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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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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

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Psychokineatic

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: sy-ko-ken-eat-ic

Sentence: The Amazing Nino, the mentalist, tried to use his incredible psychokineatic powers to rush his lunch. Unfortunately, The Amazing Nino was no kitchen magician and he'd have to wait like everyone else.

Etymology: psychokinesis: the alteration of the state of an object by mental powers alone without physical intervention + eat

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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

metrohumanx 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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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