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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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Cratamopu
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: cret-ama-phoe
Sentence: he's still working on his cratamopu
Etymology: crazy talk mouth percussion
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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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
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
Shrilliterate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: shrill-it-er-ate
Sentence: When lost in deep concentration, Rollie would involuntarily begin to shrillerate, repeating the same borderline incoherent mumbling in a high pitched childlike voice.
Etymology: Combination of Shrill (high-pitched, harsh in sound) and iterate (to say or do again; repeat)
Squeekthinking
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: skweek-thin-king
Sentence: While doing his calculus problem set, John's squeekthinking annoyed his wife.
Etymology: Squeek + Thinking
Spirking
Created by: TrJoshB
Pronunciation: sper king
Sentence: He sat there spirking over the puzzle he couldn't solve.
Etymology: speak + thinking + urk
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COMMENTS:
hey i made my first word. - TrJoshB, 2007-01-24: 16:42:00
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Mentalgymnasteeks
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: men tahl jim nas teeks
Sentence: They were not ordinary eeks. they were mentalgymnasteeks, but unfortunately the examiner had no sense of perspective.
Etymology: mental gymnastics, eek
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
