Verboticism: Cerebroil
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.
Cerebroil
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: sare/ee/broil
Sentence: Jim prefers his steak done Pompeii style, whereas I like it rare. I always used to have problems getting the timing right but now I just cerebroil his so they are both done at the same time.
Etymology: cerebral (of the brain) + broil (to cook by direct heat
Points: 887
Comments: Cerebroil
galwaywegian - 2007-04-24: 06:06:00
cerebrexcellent!
porsche - 2007-04-24: 12:17:00
good one
wordmeister - 2007-04-24: 15:40:00
Do you cereboil your potatoes? Or are you fried by that time?