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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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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)
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)
Rodentalyze
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: roh-dent-uh-lize
Sentence: He will rodentalyze the problem until it is solved or until you give him some cardboard to chew.
Etymology: rodent + analyze
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
Audibabble
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: aw-dih-bab-bull
Sentence: People tend to audibabble when they are thinking really hard.
Etymology: audible+babble
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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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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Thoughticulate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: thot tik yoo layt
Sentence: Kim could always tell when Sheldon was having a brainstorm. His process to thoughticulate involved making weird sounds, similar to dolphins calling to coyotes. His heretofore mental constipation would erupt into a noisy verbal diarrhea...That was why she panelled his office in sound-proof materials.
Etymology: Thought (the process of thinking, especially thinking carefully) & Articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language)
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COMMENTS:
I wonder what the coyotes would think of dolphin talk? - artr, 2009-08-24: 11:21:00
They would probably wonder at the porpoise of it all... - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:54:00
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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
