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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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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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Psychothermalize
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Sigh-Ko-Thurm-A-Lies
Sentence: Dan psychothermalized the hotdog, to no effect
Etymology: Psyche; Thermal
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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Cerebroil
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: sare/ee/broil
Sentence: Jim prefers his steak done Pompeii style, whereas I like it rare. I always used to have problems getting the timing right but now I just cerebroil his so they are both done at the same time.
Etymology: cerebral (of the brain) + broil (to cook by direct heat
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COMMENTS:
cerebrexcellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-24: 06:06:00
good one - porsche, 2007-04-24: 12:17:00
Do you cereboil your potatoes? Or are you fried by that time? - wordmeister, 2007-04-24: 15:40:00
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Jeangrelieve
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
Macrowait
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: Ma-cro-way-t
Sentence: I know "a watched pot never boils" but I still can never resist the urge to marcowait.
Etymology: Microwave, Macro, Wait
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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Focuspocus
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: foh-kuhs-poh-kuhs
Sentence: He had the wing of a red wattler, the milk from a bovine and the sauce of a Newman (Paul), with a little focuspocus on the Frazier Grill his meal would be complete in no time.
Etymology: Focus - Hocuspocus
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
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