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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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Brainwarm
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: brayne-warm
Sentence: Bill thought he could brainwarm and therefore save electricity. It sounded like a roastboast to me.
Etymology: Brain + warm + brainstorm
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COMMENTS:
So that's why I get so many luke-warm ideas when I'm watching the microwave... - wordmeister, 2007-04-24: 15:38:00
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Salibake
Created by: americanogig
Pronunciation: Sal eh bake
Sentence: Gregory began to wonder if his popcorn would be sufficiently popped by the next millennium. Since all other conventional means had failed him, he decided to pull out his tried and true method of salibaking. After willing the kernels to burst forth in buttered glory he boasted of his amazing ability to semi-instantly salibake.
Etymology: From salivate and bake
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
Watchedpotamy
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: watched-pot-am-ee
Sentence: Jason enjoyed indulging his watchedpotamy by microwaving a series of 20 pound frozen turkies on defrost setting.
Etymology: a watched pot never boils...
Concenbake
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kon - sen - bayk
Sentence: Trudy needed to have the cake ready for the baby shower but a series of events put her behind. She looked at the cake through the oven window and began to concenbake so that it would bake faster; or so she believed.
Etymology: concentrate, bake
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COMMENTS:
bunderful - galwaywegian, 2009-11-10: 14:56:00
flantastic word - Nosila, 2009-11-10: 17:25:00
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Mindcrowave
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: myned-crow-wayv
Sentence: As time was running out, he had know choice but to try mindcrowaving his popcorn.
Etymology: mind, microwave
Psychothermalize
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Sigh-Ko-Thurm-A-Lies
Sentence: Dan psychothermalized the hotdog, to no effect
Etymology: Psyche; Thermal
Psycook
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: sigh + cook
Sentence: I've often tried to psycook my Hot Pockets, but it always still ends up taking 3 minutes anyway.
Etymology: psychic + cook
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COMMENTS:
This so good! - wordmeister, 2007-04-25: 10:23:00
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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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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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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