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'What details?'

DEFINITION: n. A special ability lets you focus on the big picture without getting distracted by those busy little details. v. To skip over the details while focusing on the big picture.

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Minutiaverse

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mi-nū-shi-a-vûrs

Sentence: Rob believed that to get ahead in hedge fund management you really needed to minutiaverse.

Etymology: minutia (minute detail) + averse (disinclined, reluctant)

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Macrovision

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: Ma-kro-vi-sjon

Sentence: Forbes macrovision hindered his ability to look at the more mundane day-to-day issues, like eating. Which in turn hindered his ability to exist.

Etymology: macro(big) + vision(to see)

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COMMENTS:

This word popped into my head, though I decided in favour of a different one. I've voted for it though. - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 06:22:00

Well it's already the name of a company, but it could not entomb the definition better =) - allwise, 2007-01-29: 09:41:00

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Concenstapation

Created by: tommyboy

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

funny word! - jrogan, 2009-08-28: 22:34:00

Love it - isn't this a good diarrhena for your creativity??? - Nosila, 2009-08-28: 23:44:00

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Confuzzling

Created by: onceinabluemoon88

Pronunciation: Con - fuss - ling

Sentence: "this is so confuzzling"

Etymology: baby talk for confussing

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COMMENTS:

It's a great word! Not confuzzling at all... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:06:00

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Concentraition

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Con-sen-trey-shun

Sentence: Martin has a unique power of concentraition wherein he is able to ignore any and all manner of chaos surrounding him and bear down on the even the smallest of details at hand.

Etymology: Blend of Concentrate (to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus) and Trait (a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature)

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Softhandling

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: soft han del ing

Sentence: Taylor softhandled the introduction of the new corporate logo, ignoring the impact it would have upon printing costs that would be incurred when the existing promotional literature would require scrapping.

Etymology: Soft hands; never getting one's hands roughed up by actually doing the work that is called for in decisions made from ivory towers (am I being too pointed?)

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Obliviprowess

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ob livi pro wess

Sentence: Buzz had a need for mead. And he could not make mead without honey. Thankfully his obliviprowess helped him ignore the hundreds of bee stings he got while harvesting the honey. He would have his mead, comb what may...

Etymology: Oblivious (Lacking all memory; forgetful;Lacking conscious awareness; unmindful) & Prowess ( a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation)

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Buzzbiggle

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: buzz-big-le

Sentence: He buzzbiggled his way into the honey pot, but was sad to discover it wasn't as sweet as he thought it would bee.

Etymology: buzz+big

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Properception

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Propp-purr-sep-shun

Sentence: His lack of properception is a severe handicap at work, but he can talk for hours about the exact arrangement of peanuts in the snack bowl.

Etymology: Proper+perception. Actually, properception is a technical term in psychiatry, which means "capturing the world and the internal needs" as opposed to perception, "capturing the world and the external stimulus" (Wikipedia).

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Inspired by, but not to be confused with "proprioception", which is the ability to sense the position and orientation of your muscles/body. - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 06:20:00

Good one Discoveria! Very well researched! Detailed! Obviously you don't suffer from properception... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:02:00

Thanks - though of course I didn't do that much research - Verboogle picked it up! - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 09:57:00

Wow, that Verboogle is everywhere! - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:36:00

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Diminutae

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: dim-inoot-ay

Sentence: "What trees?", he asked. "All I can see is the wood", he added, with diminutae

Etymology: dim = to darken minutae = excessive detail

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Comments:

ErWenn - 2007-01-27: 09:53:00
Lots of good ones today.

wordmeister - 2007-01-27: 23:48:00
Yeah, it's very confuzzling! There's a stingleminded farblightness to many of the words... Excellent!