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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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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)

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Squeekthinking

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: skweek-thin-king

Sentence: While doing his calculus problem set, John's squeekthinking annoyed his wife.

Etymology: Squeek + Thinking

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Modusoperanti

Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: mow-dus-oper-an-tie

Sentence: Clive's secretary, with finger to her lips, whispered "He's in modusoperanti again ... the publishers are waiting for the final pages and he's been up all night."

Etymology: from modus operandi (procedural method) + opera (vocal piece) + rant (talk excitedly)

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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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Borbotting

Created by: ele0811

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Brainiyak

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: brA-nEE-yak

Sentence: Jill listened in on her brainiyak boyfriend as he conversed to himself, figuring the solution to an astrophysics formula.

Etymology: brain, smart person/maniac, strange or eccentric/ yak, to talk

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COMMENTS:

good one toadstool! - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 07:45:00

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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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Squinking

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: skwing-king

Sentence: At work, Frank had a lovely time. Nobody would give him anything to do, because no one could stand his squinking!

Etymology: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ squeek - sound of a mouse. ++++++++++ ++++++ thinking - to constructively use ones brain +++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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COMMENTS:

Leader of the squins! - Alchemist, 2007-01-25: 02:44:00

You beat me to it. Good word, IMHO. - petaj, 2007-01-24: 04:32:00