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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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Whininking
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: why-nink-ing
Sentence: "When you add these search operators, then... hmmmmm" he whininkinged to himself, shattering the glass on the corner of his desk.
Etymology: whine-think
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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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
Cratamopu
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: cret-ama-phoe
Sentence: he's still working on his cratamopu
Etymology: crazy talk mouth percussion
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
Contemplalalate
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: con-tem-plah-lah-late
Sentence: Fed up with his children's complaints whenever he indulged in noisy cogitation, he installed sound-proofing insulation in his study. At last, he could contemplalalate as much as he tralaliked.
Etymology: contemplate + 'la la la'
Cognotweeterlalia
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: kawg-noh-tweet-ur-LALE-yah
Sentence: Connie was used to my cognotweeterlalia, but it annoyed the heck out of the dog, who thought it was a rodent or something...
Etymology: cogno (think) + tweeter + lalo (greek "I speak")
Freaksqueak
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: freak squeak
Sentence: She was trying to figure out how many pairs of shoes she could afford and started freaksqueaking right there in the store.
Etymology: Um, freak + squeak.
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)
