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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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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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Cravewave

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: crave/wave

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

Etymology: CRAVEWAVE - verb - from CRAVE (to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly) + MICROWAVE (to cook, or prepare in a microwave oven)

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Very apt; good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:38:00

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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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Freyes

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: frize

Sentence: As he was late for class, Curt gave his food the freyes, willing it to cook much faster.

Etymology: fry, eyes

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Telefry

zrotv

Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: tĕl'ə-frī

Sentence: We would have been out of luck with the broken microwave had it not been for my keen ability to telefry the tv dinners.

Etymology: Tele ('far') fry ('To cook with direct heat')

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Salibake

americanogig

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

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Psychrowave

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SYK-ro-wave

Sentence: Werner believed he had the power to cook foods faster by means of psychrowaving it, elevating electron activity within the food thru telepathy.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'Psyche' (the mental or psychological structure of a person, especially as a motive force) and 'microwave' (an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency) or (microwave oven)

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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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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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Psygoocazer

Created by: mitchchick

Pronunciation: s-eye-goo-cAYzer

Sentence: I psygoocazered that piece of cheese on my hotdog.

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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