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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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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
Audibabble
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: aw-dih-bab-bull
Sentence: People tend to audibabble when they are thinking really hard.
Etymology: audible+babble
Batmathics
Created by: fmgene
Pronunciation: bath-mat-ics
Sentence: .
Etymology: bat + math _ gymnastics
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)
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
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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Squinking
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: skwing-king
Sentence: At work, Frank had a lovely time. Nobody would give him anything to do, because no one could stand his squinking!
Etymology: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ squeek - sound of a mouse. ++++++++++ ++++++ thinking - to constructively use ones brain +++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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COMMENTS:
Leader of the squins! - Alchemist, 2007-01-25: 02:44:00
You beat me to it. Good word, IMHO. - petaj, 2007-01-24: 04:32:00
I love the sound of this one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-24: 13:37:00
Yeah, "squink" sounds funny... perfect! - wordmeister, 2007-01-24: 14:52:00
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Spirking
Created by: TrJoshB
Pronunciation: sper king
Sentence: He sat there spirking over the puzzle he couldn't solve.
Etymology: speak + thinking + urk
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COMMENTS:
hey i made my first word. - TrJoshB, 2007-01-24: 16:42:00
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Rodentalyze
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: roh-dent-uh-lize
Sentence: He will rodentalyze the problem until it is solved or until you give him some cardboard to chew.
Etymology: rodent + analyze
Scaticulate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: scat-tic-u-late
Sentence: Jan could tell by the grinding and squeaking noises coming from the study that Paul had begun to scaticulate about the budget.
Etymology: scat: in jazz-- a vocal style where the singer shows vocal dexterity by improvising a melody over the chords or rhythm using sounds or meaningless syllables a la Bobby McFerrin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Popeye + tic: involuntary movements or vocalizations (often seen in persons with tourette syndrome) + speculate: to meditate or reflect on a subject
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COMMENTS:
scategorically good word! - Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:56:00
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