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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.
Verboticisms
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Bellykinesis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: belēkinēsis
Sentence: Jordan believes that he possesses bellykinesis. When he is hungry his gut makes more noise than an amorous bullfrog. He somehow believes that the resulting sound waves added to microwaves will lower the cooking time of his meal so he presses his ample tummy against the nuke box. Jordan was asked to not return to his corner sandwich shop when he tried to practice delikinesis.
Etymology: belly (the stomach, esp. as representing the body\'s need for food) + telekinesis (the supposed ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other nonphysical means)
Dishfulthinking
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DISHFUHL-thingk-ing
Sentence: Roxie planned to impress Bob's new boss by cooking for him a meal fit for a god. But the evening quickly turned into a noshtradamian nightmare, when Roxie, following the recipe given to her by her best friend, added spam rather than ham to the dish. The anticipated ambrosia became in a minute a shambrosia, leaving Roxie, to wonder whether she had been the victim of gastronimical gall or simply of a careless case of "cordon blur". When Bob arrived home he found her in front of the microwave, quickly trying to heat-up a meal labelled "Feast in Five Minutes." It looked liked a cesserole, made from the flotsyum you'd find in a fridgeridoo: it was all desperate dishfulthinking.
Etymology: Blend of DISH: n. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food, especially prepared food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." --Shak. & WISHFUL THINKING –n. interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.
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COMMENTS:
WOW! What a corucopia of originality. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:08:00
I meant "cornucopia"...as in:
"That sentence was cornucopious".
- metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:09:00
Does Roxie spamalot? Cute word! - Nosila, 2008-07-01: 12:38:00
great word Ozzie - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-01: 13:44:00
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Mindboiling
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: mind-boy-ling
Sentence: He focused intently on soup in an attempt to mindboil it to the appropriate temparature in half the usual time.
Etymology: mind-using the power of the brain; boiling--heating up
Acelerocallefy
Created by: emmyb2
Pronunciation: a-se-le-ro-ca-li-fy
Sentence: My acelerocallfying was of no use; the quiche still had 10 minutes left to bake.
Etymology: acelero--to accelerate callefy-to warm
Mesmerradiate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mez - mur - AID - ee - ait
Sentence: Ever the technogeek, Clarence believed if he could mesmerradiate with sufficient concentration that he could actually speed up the cooking process of his microwave.
Etymology: Blend of mesmerize (to compel by fascination) and irradiate (to heat with radiant energy)
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COMMENTS:
MESMERRADIATE is great!
Good one, Centurion! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:05:00
You are getting hungry...you are going to cook faster...and when Isnap my fingers you won't remember any of it! Good word, Mustang. - Nosila, 2008-07-01: 12:41:00
I'm mesmerized. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:36:00
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Tapiocultism
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)
Cravewave
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: crave/wave
Sentence: When hunger completely occupies Joe's mind, he cravewaves his food with a little help from the nuker.
Etymology: CRAVEWAVE - verb - from CRAVE (to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly) + MICROWAVE (to cook, or prepare in a microwave oven)
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COMMENTS:
Very apt; good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:38:00
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Salibake
Created by: americanogig
Pronunciation: Sal eh bake
Sentence: Gregory began to wonder if his popcorn would be sufficiently popped by the next millennium. Since all other conventional means had failed him, he decided to pull out his tried and true method of salibaking. After willing the kernels to burst forth in buttered glory he boasted of his amazing ability to semi-instantly salibake.
Etymology: From salivate and bake
Neuromicropathy
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /nu-row-my-crop-uh-thee/
Sentence: "By the pure power of neuromicropathy Ted's food was cooking faster than ever. He knew he was on to something here - if he could only stare through the food..."
Etymology: Neurology + microwave + homeopathy
Comments:
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.
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James