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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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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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Macrowait

playdohheart

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

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Telekinvection

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: TELL-IH-KIN-VEC-SHUN

Sentence: Staring into the water did not hasten it's boiling, but gazing thru the microgrid convinced me that TELEKINVECTION was a force to be reckoned with....

Etymology: TELEKINESIS-affecting the properties of something using the formidable power of brainwaves. CONVECTION-an "old school" method of cooking using a direct heat source.

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metrohumanx TELEKINesis+conVECTION http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/ - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:01:00

A word to be reckoned with! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:35:00

LOL You need to write a book! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:15:00

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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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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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Cooklook

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: kook-look

Sentence: Unimpressed with the alacrity of his microwave to defrost his frozen burrito, Bob resorted to giving his mealcicle the cooklook, willing it with his mind to get done an astonishing .005 seconds faster.

Etymology: cook, look, and rhymes with cookbook

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COMMENTS:

petaj I suppose Bob also "looked steak knives" instead of daggers. - petaj, 2007-04-24: 05:33:00

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Telecook

Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Tell-e-cook

Sentence: He would telecook before the microwave when impatient and hungry.

Etymology: Tele-to project Cook-to heat in preparation for consumption.

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Mindcrowave

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: mynd-crow-wayv

Sentence: when she walked into the kitchen she found Allan standing in front of the oven, desperately trying to mindcrowave the osso buco in time for dinner

Etymology: mind, microwave

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clever! - emmyb2, 2007-04-24: 11:12:00

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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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Psychowave

artr

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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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