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DEFINITION: v., To read a person's face and interpret what they are actually thinking, even if they are trying to conceal their true feelings. n., The skill of reading people's faces, especially micro-expressions.
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Faceseer
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Face-sea-er
Sentence: Harry Halo was a faceseer and was able to predict Harrietta's thoughts.
Etymology: A play on words; Face-and "See"-er
Graspeculate
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: grass-peck-u-late
Sentence: When the girl flashed Bobby a mischievous smile, he graspeculated that she found his geeky persona irresistible.
Etymology: grasp and speculate
Eyeballistic
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: i/bol/is/tic
Sentence: There was no hiding anything from Kreskin. No matter how skilled one was at hiding emotions from most, if Kreskin was in the room, the person knew the jig would soon be up. Yup. He was a natual born eyeballistic, who some times infuriated those trying to "smile and wave."
Etymology: Eyeball. Ballistic-To become very angry or irrational.
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COMMENTS:
Eye get it...good word! The eyes have it. - Nosila, 2008-10-16: 23:57:00
Remember Uri Geller? - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:24:00
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Demeanoreveal
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: de-MEEN-er-ree-veel
Sentence: Carmine had an uncanny ability to glance at another person and within seconds after scanning their countenance could lay out demeanoreveal in great detail and with great accuracy just what that person was thinking at that moment.
Etymology: Blend of demeanor and reveal
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COMMENTS:
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:32:00
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Faceseelity
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: face/see/li/tee
Sentence: She had an uncanny faceseelity which made her everyone's favourite waitress. When you ordered the fruit salad she knew you really wanted the hot fudge sundae.
Etymology: face + see + facility
Demeanoreader
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Dee-meen-eh-reed-er
Sentence: Seeing that he seemed to know what they were thinking even before they did, others were astounded at the unerring accuracy of Harlan's demeanoreader skills.
Etymology: Demeanor + reader
Paraface
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: Pear-a-face
Sentence: To paraface her true reaction, Juan ignored Carla's fake smile and searched within her eyes. She was not as happy as she tried to seem.
Etymology: Paraphrase (interpret) + Face (the face) = Paraface
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - lumina, 2008-10-19: 11:41:00
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Mugnacious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: məgnāshəs
Sentence: The more Jason sat in the traffic jam the more mugnacious he became. Nobody had any trouble telling how he felt.
Etymology: mug (face) + pugnacious (having the appearance of a willing fighter)
Demeanoreader
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: de-MEEN-ehr-reed-ehr
Sentence: Donny was a gifted demeanoreader, able to tell at a glance from their body language and facial expressions just what others were thinking and feeling.
Etymology: Blend of 'demeanor' (outward manner) and 'reader' (one who reads or is reading)
Facecracker
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: face + cracker
Sentence: There was no use lying to mom. Her skills as a facecracker were beyond compare.
Etymology: like a safe cracker - every great team of bankrobbers needs one
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-19: 09:58:00
very nice - yellowbird, 2007-11-19: 10:27:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by aigle101. Thank you aigle101! ~ James
If you are interested in learning more about face reading and micro-expressions, check out The Naked Face. It's an article written by Malcolm Gladwell which originally appeared New Yorker magazine. ~ James
metrohumanx - 2008-10-16: 06:24:00
Clairvoyant wins lottery for second time!
Nobody ever really wants the fruit salad.:-)
Today's definition was suggested by aigle101. Thank you aigle101. ~ James