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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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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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Babbalyze

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'ba-b&l-"Iz/

Sentence: The brain surgeon's tendency to babbalyze in the operating room often made the nurses uncomfortable.

Etymology: From babble + analyze

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Batmathics

Created by: fmgene

Pronunciation: bath-mat-ics

Sentence: .

Etymology: bat + math _ gymnastics

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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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Shrilliterate

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: shrill-it-er-ate

Sentence: When lost in deep concentration, Rollie would involuntarily begin to shrillerate, repeating the same borderline incoherent mumbling in a high pitched childlike voice.

Etymology: Combination of Shrill (high-pitched, harsh in sound) and iterate (to say or do again; repeat)

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Oversquawking

Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation: oh'-ver-skwa-king

Sentence: I caught myself oversquawking as I went through my new stereo's setup instructions for the third time.

Etymology: overclocking (computer term for super-high-speed processing) + squawking (screeching)

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Autogibber

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: awe-toe-jib-burr

Sentence: Daniel had a habit of autogibbering loudly when stumped by difficult questions.

Etymology: auto+gibber, from Greek auto- (self) and gibberish (nonsense).

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COMMENTS:

My first verboticism. Enjoy. - Discoveria, 2007-01-24: 20:39:00

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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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I wonder what the coyotes would think of dolphin talk? - artr, 2009-08-24: 11:21:00