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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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Androit
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: an-droy-t
Sentence: He'll work through those figures without any problems; he's a complete androit ...
Etymology: adroit (accomplish with ability) + android (robot)
Zenerosity
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: zen/rr/ah/si/ty
Sentence: His uncanny zenerosity enabled him to have an instant appreciation of the essential picture which he was always happy to pass on to others
Etymology: zen (a specific type of meditation) + generosity (being able to give)
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COMMENTS:
I think Buddha is sitting on a bumble bee. - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:31:00
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Blindsight
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: blInd-sIte
Sentence: David sits in blindsight, intensely focused on his favorite soap opera, as Jill tries to shoo the giant spider crawling on his face
Etymology: blindside - cannot see something coming, sight
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COMMENTS:
May David has a spider on his face because his mind is full of cobwebs.... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:33:00
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Igfocumate
Created by: santasassassin
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: I dont even know.
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
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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Illdelusional
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ill-de-loo-shun-al
Sentence: Bill was illdelusional in his goals and often missed the details that were his undoing.
Etymology: illusion + delusional
Bushvision
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: BOOSH-vizh-yun
Sentence: When Andy started using his shotgun to swat flies, we knew he'd become afflicted with bushvision.
Etymology: Bush + vision
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COMMENTS:
Yes, Andy used the big guns to shoot big picture... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 00:54:00
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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)
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!