DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Cueless: /Cueless – rhymes with clueless./ “That guy is cueless… ” Etymology: Clueless: missing necessary information + cue (short for non-verbal cue) Created by: whipspeak.
Adoubtface: /a dowt fayss/ Pinky had always thought she was a visagenist, someone who could read faces and know what people were thinking. That was until she met Bruno. It did not help that Pinky had little control over her own facial expressions.
What he interpreted as amourous curiosity on her part, was actually a look of constipation. His leer at her was actually gas pains from the chili he had eaten earlier. Her adoubtface would end in them enjoying a bottle of Pepto together later. Etymology: A Doubt (a lack confidence in or have doubts about;an uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something;the state of being unsure of something)& Face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; the expression on a person’s face;status in the eyes of others) & play on word About-face (change one’s mind and assume the opposite viewpoint;a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view;act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation) Created by: Nosila.
Emotionull: /iˈmŠsh ənəl/ Rudy is the perfect person to work the exchange desk. He is absolutely emotionull. He doesn*t get rattled by angry, screaming customers because doesn*t understand those feelings. He never learned to read expressions. To him jovial looks just the same as irate. He has been taught to tense certain muscles in his face when working. He has been told that doing this looks something like a smile and that it will help in his job. Most of his clients leave semi-satisfied but creeped out by the look on his face. Etymology: emotional (arousing or characterized by intense feeling) + null (lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content) Created by: artr.
Kissermisser: /kiss-er-miss-er
/ Joe confused a smirk for a scowl, fear for friendliness, a grin for a grimace. He was a socially inept kissermisser.
Etymology: KISSERMISSER – noun – from KISSER (an informal term for the human face) + MISS (to fail to perceive, or understand)
Created by: Stevenson0.
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