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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.
Verboticisms
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Whininking
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: why-nink-ing
Sentence: "When you add these search operators, then... hmmmmm" he whininkinged to himself, shattering the glass on the corner of his desk.
Etymology: whine-think
Freaksqueak
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: freak squeak
Sentence: She was trying to figure out how many pairs of shoes she could afford and started freaksqueaking right there in the store.
Etymology: Um, freak + squeak.
Thoughticulate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: thot tik yoo layt
Sentence: Kim could always tell when Sheldon was having a brainstorm. His process to thoughticulate involved making weird sounds, similar to dolphins calling to coyotes. His heretofore mental constipation would erupt into a noisy verbal diarrhea...That was why she panelled his office in sound-proof materials.
Etymology: Thought (the process of thinking, especially thinking carefully) & Articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language)
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COMMENTS:
I wonder what the coyotes would think of dolphin talk? - artr, 2009-08-24: 11:21:00
They would probably wonder at the porpoise of it all... - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:54:00
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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]
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
Squallow
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: skwall - o
Sentence: Lucy's intense concentration made her squallow as her co-workers looked at her in annoyance.
Etymology: squall - cry out - ow making it happen
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 04:29:00
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Squawkthinking
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: squa-k-think-ing
Sentence: he had such a habit of squawkthinking that he had to work in a soundproof cubicle.
Etymology: squawk-thinking
Squeekthinking
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: skweek-thin-king
Sentence: While doing his calculus problem set, John's squeekthinking annoyed his wife.
Etymology: Squeek + Thinking
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)
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.
