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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.
Verboticisms
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Batmathics
Created by: fmgene
Pronunciation: bath-mat-ics
Sentence: .
Etymology: bat + math _ gymnastics
Cogsqueaktation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: koj skweek tay shun
Sentence: Shelley knew every time when Mortimer was trying to come up with a new Verbotomy word because she could hear his cogsqueaktation all the way from upstairs. It was like the sound of very rusty bedsprings being scraped down a blackboard and it made her wince.
Etymology: Cogitation (attentive consideration and meditation;a carefully considered thought about something)& Squeak (a high-pitched, screeching noise)
Psychoticbabble
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: sigh-cot-tick-ba-bell
Sentence: Ron used the pshychoticbabble technique when he was doing quantum physics problems.
Etymology:
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
Cerebawl
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: ser-i-bol
Sentence: She couldn't bare the sound of his cerebawlling whenever he got writer's block.
Etymology: cerebral (relating to the brain, intellectual) + bawl (to shout or cry loudly)
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COMMENTS:
Call a wah--mbulance! - Nosila, 2011-01-13: 21:37:00
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Vocalcraniumism
Created by: paperhoard
Pronunciation: Vocal cranium-ism
Sentence: Curly, of the Three Stooges fame, was the first documented case suffering from vocalcraniumism. At that time in history it was silenced by stuffing cheese into the mouth of the afflicted.
Etymology: Vocal + Cranium
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COMMENTS:
Hey - my first word! - paperhoard, 2007-01-24: 07:02:00
your sentence is hysterical - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-24: 13:21:00
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Thinkophony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θingkəkäfənē
Sentence: Rob once watched a scientific special that showed a group of geniuses attending a symposium. He noted that a number of them made audible noises as they thought. In a misguided effort to boost his own mental abilities, he began what his friends have deemed thinkophony, grunting, squealing and snorting as he contemplated world issues. All it accomplished was expulsion from the library club.
Etymology: think (direct one*s mind toward someone or something) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds)
