Verboticism: Nourishove
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.
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Telefry
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: tĕl'ə-frī
Sentence: We would have been out of luck with the broken microwave had it not been for my keen ability to telefry the tv dinners.
Etymology: Tele ('far') fry ('To cook with direct heat')
Lookincookin
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: look in cook in
Sentence: Fritz was the King of LookinCookin. He could stare at food and change it's metabollic state. He was famous for His HopeCuisine, his lookerycookery,Doc; his WatchPotch. He had actually won prizes for his searing glances, his appraising braising, his frowning browning, his spying frying,his gazing glazing, his simmering good looks and his eyeing pieing. Yes, Fritz was definitely the StareMeister of Cooking. Any meal he could fix with a stare...
Etymology: Lookin (looking:the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually) & cookin (Cooking:the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
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COMMENTS:
Hahahaha Thank You... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:02:00
Fritz, a veritable radar ranger. Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-01: 08:06:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:37:00
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Psychook
Created by: cohenarie
Pronunciation: SI kuk
Sentence: As grandma always said, a container of water subjected to psychookery will never reach or exceed 100 degrees celsius.
Etymology: psychic + cook
Pacebaker
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: PASE bay ker
Sentence: Phil's wife calls him "The Pacebaker" because he walks a regular rhythm, back and forth, back and forth, "thump, thump, thump," the whole time his food is in the microwave. He seems to think he can keep it going and urge it along.
Etymology: pace + baker, a play on the word "pacemaker"
Cravewave
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: crave/wave
Sentence: When hunger completely occupies his mind, he cravewaves his food with a little help from the nuker.
Etymology: crave + microwave + brainwave
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-24: 08:31:00
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Telecooknetics
Created by: joearcher
Pronunciation: telly-cook-neticks
Sentence: I was so desperate for my beans on toast I was using telecooknetics to speed up the toaster
Etymology:
Psychrowave
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sigh crow wave
Sentence: He psychrowaved the burger and sat on the buns to warm them.
Etymology: microwave psyche
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COMMENTS:
Is that like a person who "seers" his meat because he likes them "medium"? - Nosila, 2011-03-29: 23:34:00
well done Nosila - galwaywegian, 2011-03-31: 05:12:00
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Yoquieroqueso
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: En espanol, pinche guero.
Sentence: Dude, I totally yoquieroquesoed that burrito last night, I ate the whole thing before I realized the power was out.
Etymology: I want it, you want it, if you don't, you don't even know what's up. Sorry, find out.
Fryovision
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: fry-o-vi-shun
Sentence: I am sure that my super powered fryovision makes the food in the microwave cook faster.
Etymology: fry + o + vision
