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DEFINITION: To overlook or misinterpret non-verbal cues, like body language, which often reveal what a person is truly thinking or feeling.
Verboticisms
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Miscorpalinference
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: mis/core/pohl/in/fur/ants
Sentence: "Oh my, that was a tight miscorpalinference! I should really think twice about what she's really getting at!"
Etymology: misunderstanding + corpus + inference
Fauxveal
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: foh VEE ul
Sentence: Despite the overwhelming odds young Bush fauxveals a frightening & incoherent reality.
Etymology: faux pas + reveal
Obvioblivious
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ohb-vio-blih-vee-ous
Sentence: Bob was obvioblivious to Jan's uncomfortable boby language.
Etymology: obvious + oblivious
Signullify
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation: sig-nullify
Sentence: His Asperger's caused him to signullify all but the most blunt and painful hints - especially those literally so.
Etymology: signal + nullify
Gestureblind
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: gest ure blind
Sentence: he was completely gestureblind, he never knew when anyone was hinting at anything.
Etymology: bilnd to any gesture or gesticulation
Schizomeania
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: skiz/o/mee/ni/a
Sentence: His schizomeania was constantly getting him in trouble. He could never figure out where he stood - but that was okay because he was delusional as well
Etymology: schizophrenia + meaning
Aspy
Created by: lala54
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My ex-boyfriend is not an asshole, he is just very aspy.
Etymology: Aspergers Syndrome, a mild for a Autism that is not accompanied by mental retardation. People with asbergers syndrome have a hard time reading social cues and connecting with others.
Indigesture
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: in di jest' yer
Sentence: Bob's tendency towards indigesture struck again as he excitedly waved back to the beautiful woman. Unfortunately she was actually waving to the man standing behind him.
Etymology: indigestion + gesture
Cluepid
Created by: haroldbarold
Pronunciation: cloo-pid
Sentence: Orville made the cluepid mistake of reading Lola's gag reflex as a sign of encouragement.
Etymology: clue + stupid
Comments:
wordmeister - 2006-12-05: 08:39:00
Good words today. Hey Babel looks like winfirmity was the clear winner yesterday. Congratulations.
chris - 2006-12-05: 14:07:00
...presumably if there were lots of people who were 'Cueklutzes', they would form a CueKlutz Clan......
babel - 2006-12-05: 14:57:00
hehe, nice one chris... and thanks meister, i'm trying to give you two some competition :)
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-05: 16:49:00
hey guys - don't blunderestimate me - I'm not as cueless as you think and hey deadpanwalking - you should have left the shun in your word - very clever
wordmeister - 2006-12-05: 18:09:00
CueKlutz Klan? Is that a terrorist organization for nerds?
wordmeister - 2006-12-05: 18:12:00
I like dissexia, despite the fact that greg has not posted a sentence for it. Perhaps Mr. Batch suffers from dissexia? Or should it be dissentencia?