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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.

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Diminutae

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: dim-inoot-ay

Sentence: "What trees?", he asked. "All I can see is the wood", he added, with diminutae

Etymology: dim = to darken minutae = excessive detail

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Grandeursity

Created by: sasamii

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Biggiepie

Created by: Djmolls

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Panoramore

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: pan-oh-rah-moor-eh

Sentence: he continued to focus on coming up with a clever word for the new definition, even while the children ran riot around him....he couldn't help but see what was really important for he was blessed with panoramore

Etymology: panorama, amore[love]

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COMMENTS:

Funny sentence!!! Toss the kids a box of Cheerios and turn on Sponge Bob. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 06:13:00

Hey rikboyee! How did you know what was happening at my house this morning? - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:05:00

- rikboyee, 2007-01-27: 18:41:00

we are all similarly afflicted... its hard work being defined by your definitions - rikboyee, 2007-01-27: 18:43:00

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Lokovit

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: lo-ke-vit

Sentence: They all lokovit

Etymology: look over it

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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

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Generaleyeze

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: gen-er-all-ahyz

Sentence: Men seem to be better at generaleyezing when it comes to messes, and women when it comes to working.

Etymology: generalize + eyes

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COMMENTS:

'Objection, your honour....' (!) - egonschiela, 2007-01-27: 15:43:00

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Tunnelvisionary

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: tuhn-l-vizh-uh-ner-ee

Sentence: Where others can't see the forest for the trees, Jeromy doesn't even notice the trees. He just sees the money he can make when he builds his next mega-mall. He is such a tunnelvisionary that it doesn't bother him that only 3,000 people live within a 30-minute drive from his new site.

Etymology: tunnel vision (an extremely narrow or prejudiced outlook; narrow-mindedness) + visionary (a person of unusually keen foresight)

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