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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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Yoquieroqueso
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: En espanol, pinche guero.
Sentence: Dude, I totally yoquieroquesoed that burrito last night, I ate the whole thing before I realized the power was out.
Etymology: I want it, you want it, if you don't, you don't even know what's up. Sorry, find out.
Brainwater
Created by: Emilpersia
Pronunciation: Brainwater, Brainwater is the water inside the brain. Like a orange the brain also got water inside it...
Sentence: Sciences have showen the human race that brainwater is real.
Etymology:
Lookincookin
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: look in cook in
Sentence: Fritz was the King of LookinCookin. He could stare at food and change it's metabollic state. He was famous for His HopeCuisine, his lookerycookery,Doc; his WatchPotch. He had actually won prizes for his searing glances, his appraising braising, his frowning browning, his spying frying,his gazing glazing, his simmering good looks and his eyeing pieing. Yes, Fritz was definitely the StareMeister of Cooking. Any meal he could fix with a stare...
Etymology: Lookin (looking:the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually) & cookin (Cooking:the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
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COMMENTS:
Hahahaha Thank You... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:02:00
Fritz, a veritable radar ranger. Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-01: 08:06:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:37:00
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Bellykinesis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: belēkinēsis
Sentence: Jordan believes that he possesses bellykinesis. When he is hungry his gut makes more noise than an amorous bullfrog. He somehow believes that the resulting sound waves added to microwaves will lower the cooking time of his meal so he presses his ample tummy against the nuke box. Jordan was asked to not return to his corner sandwich shop when he tried to practice delikinesis.
Etymology: belly (the stomach, esp. as representing the body\'s need for food) + telekinesis (the supposed ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other nonphysical means)
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
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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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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Microslave
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: my krow slay vvvv
Sentence: Maeve was a microslave nad had the irradiated frontal cortex to prove it
Etymology: microwave slave
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COMMENTS:
- yeah, I always though it bad to get too close to the microwave when it's on! - splendiction, 2009-11-10: 18:07:00
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Psychokineatic
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
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
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