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DEFINITION: v. To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.n. The sounds a person makes when they are trying to think.

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Cognotweeterlalia

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: kawg-noh-tweet-ur-LALE-yah

Sentence: Connie was used to my cognotweeterlalia, but it annoyed the heck out of the dog, who thought it was a rodent or something...

Etymology: cogno (think) + tweeter + lalo (greek "I speak")

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Squeeling

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: squ eeeeeeeeee ling

Sentence: Frank was squeeling at his screen so loud even Dave came out of his office to tell him to pipe down.

Etymology: from squeal squeak and all those sorts of noises.

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Chirponder

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: tchir-pon-dur

Sentence: While trying to come up with a good word for today's Verbotomy, I found myself chirpondering.

Etymology: chirp + ponder

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Psychoblather

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sahy-koh-blath-er

Sentence: When Leo gets a tough programming problem he begins to talk to himself and his computer. His psychoblather has been known to send much of the office to an early lunch. Sometimes they will bring him lunch or a large bag of candies just to occupy his mouth for a while.

Etymology: psycho (mentally strange) + blather (chatter, talk a lot)

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Minniethink

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: MIN-ee-think

Sentence: "And then if Mario jumps over this barrel," Jim minniethought, "he should be able to reach the magic pill ..."

Etymology: Minnie, as in Mouse, + think

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Ceronas

Created by: EonaFrae

Pronunciation: suh-rone-eh-s

Sentence: We all knew that Betty had a lot on her plate, but her ceronas was starting to distract people in the nearby cubicles.

Etymology: Cerebrum [latin: brain, skull] + Sonas [latin: sound]

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Thoughtditory

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: thot dit toree

Sentence: Cousin Eddy's thoughtditory process was to squeak, honk and make animal noises while compiling his April returns. April herself found it all very taxing...

Etymology: Thought(the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about) & Auditory (of or relating to the process of hearing)

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