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DEFINITION: v. To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.n. The sounds a person makes when they are trying to think.
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Psychoblather
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sahy-koh-blath-er
Sentence: When Leo gets a tough programming problem he begins to talk to himself and his computer. His psychoblather has been known to send much of the office to an early lunch. Sometimes they will bring him lunch or a large bag of candies just to occupy his mouth for a while.
Etymology: psycho (mentally strange) + blather (chatter, talk a lot)
Cackleculate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cak/l/cu/layt
Sentence: He would cackleculate so loudly when he was thinking up words for verbotomy that his girlfriend recorded it for Halloween and got him a cauldron to sit on
Etymology: cackle + calculate
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COMMENTS:
The kids must been scared! But how did his girlfriend cope? - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 14:51:00
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Screechulate
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: screech/u/late
Sentence: His ability to screechulate while seated in front of his computer, impressed neither his co-workers nor his boss.
Etymology: screech + speculate
Shrillstorm
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: shrel/storm
Sentence: When the pressure is on to produce at work, he sits in a corner and shrillstorms ideas to the annoyance of his colleagues.
Etymology: shrill + brainstorm
Scaticulate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: scat-tic-u-late
Sentence: Jan could tell by the grinding and squeaking noises coming from the study that Paul had begun to scaticulate about the budget.
Etymology: scat: in jazz-- a vocal style where the singer shows vocal dexterity by improvising a melody over the chords or rhythm using sounds or meaningless syllables a la Bobby McFerrin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Popeye + tic: involuntary movements or vocalizations (often seen in persons with tourette syndrome) + speculate: to meditate or reflect on a subject
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COMMENTS:
scategorically good word! - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:56:00
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Squeeling
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: squ eeeeeeeeee ling
Sentence: Frank was squeeling at his screen so loud even Dave came out of his office to tell him to pipe down.
Etymology: from squeal squeak and all those sorts of noises.
Ruminoise
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: roōmənoiz
Sentence: Roy isn’t normally one to ponder deep subjects very often. When he does the ruminoise can be deafening.
Etymology: ruminate (think deeply about something) + noise (a sound, esp. one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance)
Oversquawking
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation: oh'-ver-skwa-king
Sentence: I caught myself oversquawking as I went through my new stereo's setup instructions for the third time.
Etymology: overclocking (computer term for super-high-speed processing) + squawking (screeching)
