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.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Visionairy: /viz zhun err ee/ Vincent was a visionairy who worked in an apiary. No, he did not look after apes, he was a beekeeper, who was always abuzz with new ideas. He would drone on and on to his co-workers about his revolutionary ideas, like planting mini-video cams on the bees’ backs to make cute movies for the Internet. He would wax poetic about spelling bees…bees who would spell out words. His friends thought he’d bee better off using a comb on his hair, playing his Queen cd’s while actually becoming a worker and using some cream on those hives! Etymology: Visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight;a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible adjective:not practical or realizable; speculative) & Airy (not practical or realizable; speculative;characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air) Created by: Nosila.
Minutiopia: /mi-nyu-she-o-pi-a/ Larry’s lack of ability to see the small picture was due to his minutiopia. Mary took him to the opthamologist, but unfortunately, there was no script there to help his oversightedness. Etymology: minutia: a small or trivial detail + opia: suffix that indicates a visual condition or defect(as in myopia – the inability to see distances or short sighted) Created by: mrskellyscl.
Horizonized: /hÉ™-ˈrÄ«-zÉ™n-rÄ«zd/ v. He was so horizonized that he could never focus on how to pay attention to the little details of how to reach a big goal. Instead, he stumbled through life unable to see the potholes because he couldn’t stop focusing on the horizon.
n. His horizonization was the worst. The man walked around with bees on his face, his fly unzipped, and some part of breakfast dangling from a lip corner, yet he was completely oblivious to it all because he was a slave to the big picture but a zombie on the day-to-day. Etymology: Horizon – the boundary one sees in the furthest distance where sky meets earth as far as they eye believes. Also from Greek present participle of horizein meaning “to bound, define”
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Mesmerize – Which is the eponymous word for what F.A. Mesmer did, which was to hypnotize. Created by: Buzzardbilly.
Comments on Horizonized:
jrogan, 2009-08-28: 23:01:00
Slave and zombie all at once — great imageNosila, 2009-08-28: 23:41:00
Great word…horizontal thinking at it’s best!
Utopitan: /yoÅtÅpÉ™tÉ™n/ John*s boss is a Utopitan. He has never been introduced to a practical detail that he can*t ignore, much to the pain of his employees. Where others can*t see the forest for the trees, he can*t see the trees for the forest. This is especially bad for someone who owns a tree trimming service. Etymology: Utopian (modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic) + pita (pain in the ass) Created by: artr.
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