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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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Vocognetto
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: VOH-cog-neh-TOH
Sentence: "Tod has the most annoying vocognetto... he sounds like a damn chipmunk whenever he's programming."
Etymology: Vocalization + Cognition + Falsetto
Squink
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: skwink
Sentence: I heard squinking in the room. My roommate is doing his homework for AP Home Economics.
Etymology: squeak + think
Squinking
Created by: jonzerofourteen
Pronunciation: Skwin-king
Sentence: Bob faced Eliza and hurriedly searched his brain for a lie to explain the missing underwear. His squinking further fueled her suspicions.
Etymology: think + squeak (short high-pitched cry) + wink (close and open one eye quickly) - ing
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)
Brainleak
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: brain-leak
Sentence: Bill had brainleak and would often talk to himself out loud while thinking.
Etymology: brain + leak
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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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)
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)
Mensatwitter
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: men-sa-twit-a
Sentence: Hearing impaired members of the intelligent society often complain that the mensatwitter at their meetings makes it hard to follow proceedings. But nevertheless they cannot help twittering to themselves as they engage in intellectual exercises.
Etymology: Mensa (qualification for membership of which was a high IQ) + twitter (sound of birds chirping)
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COMMENTS:
Funny! Also sounds like something that "men", rather than women, do. - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 07:48:00
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