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'Wow! My brainwaves are melting cheese!'

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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Braincrowave

Created by: pinoyhunk08

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx BRAINCOWAVE is OK- but it sounds like the name of an appliance. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:10:00

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Brainwarm

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: brayne-warm

Sentence: Bill thought he could brainwarm and therefore save electricity. It sounded like a roastboast to me.

Etymology: Brain + warm + brainstorm

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So that's why I get so many luke-warm ideas when I'm watching the microwave... - wordmeister, 2007-04-24: 15:38:00

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Tapiocultism

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: tap-ee-oh-cult-ism

Sentence: Greg never went hungry. He could speed up cooking times by using the right spell from his book on tapiocultism.

Etymology: tapioca (a thickening substance in food) + occult (of magic or supernatural arts)

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Concenbake

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: kon - sen - bayk

Sentence: Trudy needed to have the cake ready for the baby shower but a series of events put her behind. She looked at the cake through the oven window and began to concenbake so that it would bake faster; or so she believed.

Etymology: concentrate, bake

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bunderful - galwaywegian, 2009-11-10: 14:56:00

flantastic word - Nosila, 2009-11-10: 17:25:00

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Grillpower

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: gril pow er

Sentence: Aman's power to cook food quickly with his mind was quickly discovered and exploited. He could melt a smelt; toast a roast or stew a gnu. His grillpower was so strong that his girlfriend, Dinah, was afraid that he'd advertise this under her name. But he called his new cookers Amana...

Etymology: Grill (cook over a grill) & Willpower (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)

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Hynowave

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: TYPO! HYPNOWAVE hip/no/wave

Sentence: Judy was so convinced she had the ability to hypnowave her Lean Cuisines, that she didn't worry when she realized she could not afford the electric bill this month.

Etymology: hypnotize food into believing it is cooking with microwaves emitted from eyeballs

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COMMENTS:

Damn! I meant HYPNOWAVE! - lumina, 2008-07-01: 00:32:00

metrohumanx I really like HYPNOWAVE. I find the word MESMERRADIATING. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:14:00

Clever blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:39:00

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Psychowave

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sīkōwāv

Sentence: Wendall thinks he can control the cook time of his microwave with his psychowave powers. If he concentrates, he can cut the time it takes to make popcorn by several seconds. He has tried using his mental powers for other things like affecting the flight of the football when the Ravens attempt a field goal but that hasn\'t worked so well.

Etymology: psycho (relating to the mind or psychology) + microwave (short for microwave oven)

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Heh! beat me to it. :) - galwaywegian, 2009-11-10: 06:19:00

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Telekinvection

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: TELL-IH-KIN-VEC-SHUN

Sentence: Staring into the water did not hasten it's boiling, but gazing thru the microgrid convinced me that TELEKINVECTION was a force to be reckoned with....

Etymology: TELEKINESIS-affecting the properties of something using the formidable power of brainwaves. CONVECTION-an "old school" method of cooking using a direct heat source.

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metrohumanx TELEKINesis+conVECTION http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/ - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:01:00

A word to be reckoned with! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:35:00

LOL You need to write a book! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:15:00

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Foodookinese

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: foodoo like voodoo, kinese like in telekinesis

Sentence: He used his skills in Foodokinesis too get his hot dog barking quicker and louder !

Etymology: food + voodoo + telekinesis = foodookinese

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Microslave

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: my krow slay vvvv

Sentence: Maeve was a microslave nad had the irradiated frontal cortex to prove it

Etymology: microwave slave

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COMMENTS:

- yeah, I always though it bad to get too close to the microwave when it's on! - splendiction, 2009-11-10: 18:07:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-24: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic.
Thank you Osomatic! ~ James

Mustang - 2008-07-01: 08:09:00
The chef was no doubt a man of principle who would stick by his convections.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-10: 00:14:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James