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now you're cooking with gas

Generally referring to someone going from average mental output to a better, more genius level of thought.
Person A: "I think I'm gonna stop doing all this complicated math by hand and start using a calculator."

Person B: "Now you're cooking with gas!"
by Stormcastle October 15, 2010
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Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?

Rock: Hey Cena?
Cena: What?
Rock: Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?
by Shinobi Ranger June 1, 2016
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pint of cooking

"Cooking" bitter or lager is the cheapest beer a pub has available. Keg bitter is the most expensive. It comes from the term "cooking sherry"
"Hey Jock, I'll 'ave a pint of cooking!'
by karientoch March 15, 2019
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Shelf cooking

Shelf cooking is a phrase coined by blogger, YouTuber, and TV personality Jordan Page, which describes the act of making meals starting First with ingredients you already have in your fridge, freezer, or pantry. You only buy ingredients from the store to supplement those meals-Not the other way around!
Our pantry is really stocked so for the month of May we will be shelf cooking!
by BriELeigh June 1, 2018
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Slow cooking

Misleading a person who is a bit slow and making them they think they are going on a date when they are not. Usually done as a way to mock and shame the victim publicly.
Dude are you going to date that weird girl?

Nah man, I'm just slow cooking
by Trentty June 30, 2019
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Wishful Cooking

To cook meals that aren't traditionally considered to be seasonally appropriate as a creative way to wish for the coming of another season.

Often considered to be a flagship form of "seasonal superstition."
Son: Why is dad out barbecuing at the peak of our Minnesota winter?

Mother: Oh you know your father, he's just up to more of his wishful cooking.
by Puma Puma April 5, 2008
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late cooking

The act or habit of cooking something when you go back home after party, usually consisting in frying any stuff you have in (or around) the fridge. Sometimes referred as "late frying"
Mike: Oh, what a wonderful pary! Is there any other pub open at this time?
Johnny: No man, but we can do some late cooking.
by rkparker February 14, 2010
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