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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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Mentaldamage
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: mental damage
Sentence: I am not an idiot, i am suffering from mentaldamage
Etymology: mental and damage.
Cratamopu
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: cret-ama-phoe
Sentence: he's still working on his cratamopu
Etymology: crazy talk mouth percussion
Vocognetto
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: VOH-cog-neh-TOH
Sentence: "Tod has the most annoying vocognetto... he sounds like a damn chipmunk whenever he's programming."
Etymology: Vocalization + Cognition + Falsetto
Cackleculate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cak/l/cu/layt
Sentence: He would cackleculate so loudly when he was thinking up words for verbotomy that his girlfriend recorded it for Halloween and got him a cauldron to sit on
Etymology: cackle + calculate
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COMMENTS:
The kids must been scared! But how did his girlfriend cope? - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 14:51:00
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Contemplalalate
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: con-tem-plah-lah-late
Sentence: Fed up with his children'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.
Etymology: contemplate + 'la la la'
Alvintrate
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: al vin trait
Sentence: When there are lots of distractions, I find that my ability to alvintrate helps me solve problems.
Etymology: based upon the voice qualities of Alvin the Chipmunk + concentration
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)
Mutterwaul
Created by: dwingillinois
Pronunciation: MUT r waal'
Sentence: Occasionally, while I balance the checkbook, I have been known to mutterwaul and cause the dog to cover its ears.
Etymology: Mutter + (cater)waul