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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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Focuspocus

Mrgoodtimes

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

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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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Acceleerate

Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: ACCELERATE+LEER

Sentence: It is as if without their constant gaze, acceleerating the process, the meal would never be done.

Etymology: ACCELERATE+LEER. LEER: 1. To look with a sidelong glance. 2.(British Dialect) having no burden or load; faint for lack of food; hungry. 3. Acronym for Low-Energy Electron Reflection.

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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

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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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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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Neuromicropathy

Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /nu-row-my-crop-uh-thee/

Sentence: "By the pure power of neuromicropathy Ted's food was cooking faster than ever. He knew he was on to something here - if he could only stare through the food..."

Etymology: Neurology + microwave + homeopathy

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Mindboiling

Created by: heb319

Pronunciation: mind-boy-ling

Sentence: He focused intently on soup in an attempt to mindboil it to the appropriate temparature in half the usual time.

Etymology: mind-using the power of the brain; boiling--heating up

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Cravewave

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: crave/wave

Sentence: When hunger completely occupies his mind, he cravewaves his food with a little help from the nuker.

Etymology: crave + microwave + brainwave

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COMMENTS:

Excellent word!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-24: 08:31:00

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Telekitchenesis

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: telly-KITCH-en-e-sis

Sentence: Uri, if you really must use your telekitchenesis skills at least put them to good use. Save us some electricity instead of just bending spoons and forks.

Etymology: telekinesis + kitchen

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COMMENTS:

nice reference - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-24: 12:19:00

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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