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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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Nukenesis

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nook ken ees sis

Sentence: Luke always felt his superior intellect allowed him to conduct experiments. He used his enormous brain to try and speed up the cooking of his lunch by what he called nukenesis. And yes his cheese melted twice as fast through this power. He ran boasting to his mother, whose only comment was: "Use your Lukenesis instead and persuade someone to give you a job? You are 32 and still living off you father and I!"

Etymology: Nuke (to zap;microwave food) & Kinesis (a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation)

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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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Grillpower

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: gril pow er

Sentence: Aman's power to cook food quickly with his mind was quickly discovered and exploited. He could melt a smelt; toast a roast or stew a gnu. His grillpower was so strong that his girlfriend, Dinah, was afraid that he'd advertise this under her name. But he called his new cookers Amana...

Etymology: Grill (cook over a grill) & Willpower (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)

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Tapiocultism

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: tap-ee-oh-cult-ism

Sentence: Greg never went hungry. He could speed up cooking times by using the right spell from his book on tapiocultism.

Etymology: tapioca (a thickening substance in food) + occult (of magic or supernatural arts)

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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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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

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Fryovision

Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: fry-o-vi-shun

Sentence: I am sure that my super powered fryovision makes the food in the microwave cook faster.

Etymology: fry + o + vision

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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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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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COMMENTS:

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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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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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