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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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Pacebaker

karenanne

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"

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Microwancy

Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: my-crow-wahn-cy

Sentence: Summoning forth her dark skills in microwancy, the Hot Pocket seemed to shimmer and ooze even faster.

Etymology: Microwave + mancy

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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

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COMMENTS:

cerebrexcellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-24: 06:06:00

good one - porsche, 2007-04-24: 12:17:00

Do you cereboil your potatoes? Or are you fried by that time? - wordmeister, 2007-04-24: 15:40:00

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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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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

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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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Psygoocazer

Created by: mitchchick

Pronunciation: s-eye-goo-cAYzer

Sentence: I psygoocazered that piece of cheese on my hotdog.

Etymology:

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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:

metrohumanx 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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Chaperoast

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌʃæpəˈɹoʊst/

Sentence: When it came to cooking, he was the ultimate meddler, kibitzing over anyone's shoulder as they cooked. Even when he was alone in the kitchen, he'd chaperoast the food as it cooked, occasionally giving it advice about the best way to boil, bake, or fry.

Etymology: From chaperon + roast

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Kilnthyme

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kiln tyme

Sentence: When he came home from school, Sammy was always starving. He ran to the fridge, grabbed whatever looked good, seasoned it and stuck it in the oven to warm, so he could eat soon. He believed if he lay on the floor and watched it through the window in the stove, he could compel it to be ready quicker. The first time his Mom saw him lying there, she yelled, "Yo, Prone Ranger! What are you doing?" To which Sammy replied, "Me? Why I'm just kilnthyme!"

Etymology: Kiln (Oven ) & Thyme (Savoury herb;leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables;any of various of the genus Thymus) & Play on Killin' time (To spend time doing nothing in particular in order that it seems to pass more quickly).

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An alltyme favourite! - splendiction, 2009-11-10: 18:01:00

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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