{"id":1119,"date":"2011-01-17T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2011-01-17T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T17:00:12","slug":"cerebawl-whats-that-stupid-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1119","title":{"rendered":"Cerebawl: What&#8217;s that stupid sound?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.<em>n.<\/em> The sounds a person makes when they are trying to think.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/squeak.gif\" alt=\"What's that stupid sound?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cerebawl<\/strong>:  \/<em>ser-i-bol<\/em>\/ She couldn&#8217;t bare the sound of his cerebawlling whenever he got writer&#8217;s block. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  cerebral (relating to the brain, intellectual) + bawl (to shout or cry loudly) <em>Created by:<\/em> CharlieB.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Cerebawl:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2011-01-13: 21:37:00<\/em> <br \/>Call a wah&#8211;mbulance!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ruminoise<\/strong>:  \/<em>ro\u00c5\u008dm\u00c9\u2122noiz<\/em>\/ Roy isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t normally one to ponder deep subjects very often. When he does the ruminoise can be deafening. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ruminate (think deeply about something) + noise (a sound, esp. one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contemplalalate<\/strong>:  \/<em>con-tem-plah-lah-late<\/em>\/ Fed up with his children&#8217;s complaints whenever he indulged in noisy cogitation, he installed sound-proofing insulation in his study.  At last, he could contemplalalate as much as he tralaliked. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  contemplate + &#8216;la la la&#8217; <em>Created by:<\/em> Carla.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cogsqueaktation<\/strong>:  \/<em>koj skweek tay shun<\/em>\/ Shelley knew every time when Mortimer was trying to come up with a new Verbotomy word because she could hear his cogsqueaktation all the way from upstairs. It was like the sound of very rusty bedsprings being scraped down a blackboard and it made her wince. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Cogitation (attentive consideration and meditation;a carefully considered thought about something)&amp; Squeak (a high-pitched, screeching noise) <\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=squeak\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=squeak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Cerebawl: \/ser-i-bol\/ She couldn&#8217;t bare the sound of his cerebawlling whenever he got writer&#8217;s block. 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