Verboticism: Eggon
DEFINITION: v. To pace, stare or drool in front of your stove or microwave, in an effort to use sheer willpower to make your food cook faster. n. A watched pot, pie or pudding.
Eggon
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eh gone
Sentence: he would regularly eggon the food in his microwave, convinced the warm feeling in his head was his brain adding extra heat to the oven, rather than vice versa.
Etymology: to egg on, to encourage
Points: 395
Comments: Eggon
petaj - 2007-04-24: 23:39:00
Nice one - but I don't have any votes left today :-(