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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
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Farblightedness
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: far/blight/ed/ness/
Sentence: In a crowded room he stepped on the children in a hurry to meet the adults. It was a classic case of farblightedness.
Etymology: farsightedness + blight
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COMMENTS:
He obviously needed to wear blightfocals...:) - Alchemist, 2007-01-26: 08:15:00
Enblightening! - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 10:03:00
I'd say it was deblightful! Especially when you consider those poor children... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:30:00
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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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Minutiaverse
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)
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
Incongnorance
Created by: protothor
Pronunciation: In-kog-nor-ans
Sentence: Through sheer incongnorance, Mike was able to ignore the throbbing of this severed foot as he placed first in the special olympics.
Etymology: Incongruous;out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming. Ignorance; to be ignorant; The condition of being unaware, or uninformed.
Visionapiary
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vizhun ayp pee ar ree
Sentence: He made his money making honey. He was the first in his area to see the potential of fresh local honey products. He did not let little stings get him down. He was a visionapiary.
Etymology: Visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight) & Apiary (beehive)
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)
Minutiopia
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: mi-nyu-she-o-pi-a
Sentence: 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)
Hocusfocus
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ho-kuss-FO-kuss
Sentence: Bob was able to tune out the annoying fire alarms and dense smoke because at that particular moment, he was hocusfocusing on world peace.
Etymology: hocus pocus, focus
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COMMENTS:
Hey purpleairtichokes, That's a magical word! If only I could hocusfocus on my work, then I might get something done... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:08:00
I hear ya! Verbotomy.com is a constant source of internetference with my work. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 07:59:00
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Fixoid
Created by: paperhoard
Pronunciation: fix-oid
Sentence: He was able to fixoid on her cleavage like a deer caught in a head light despite repeated warnings from his giggling coworkers.
Etymology: fixate - to concentrate or focus + avoid - to ignore.
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COMMENTS:
I bet he can bambooble with the best of them as well! (Bambooble - to "accidentally" bump into a woman's breasts.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 07:55:00
Absolutely - poor Jim.... - paperhoard, 2007-01-26: 09:43:00
I wish I could devise some sort of nippalarm so I could see it coming...BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 10:49:00
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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!