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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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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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Darving

Created by: lilty4422

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Hyperopeye

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: hi-per-OH-pie

Sentence: He hopped into bed to lay with his wife, turning a hyperopeye on the naked stranger already in bed with the woman.

Etymology: hyperopia [an abnormal condition of the eye in which vision is better for distant objects than for near objects] + eye; used as in "blind eye"

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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

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Parsighted

Created by: Madamemojo

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Pimpyface

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: pimpy face

Sentence: no, these are my own, i have a pimpyface day-.

Etymology: pimples and face

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Microblindness

Created by: cryptc

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Sentence: Dave never bothered with the little things, so his friends suspected he was afflicted by microblindness.

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Tunnelvisionism

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation: tunnel - vision - ism

Sentence: He has tunnelvisionism. He can't see the little things in life.

Etymology: tunnel-vision + ism!

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Panoramimania

hoylus

Created by: hoylus

Pronunciation: pan-uh-ram-ee-mey-nee-uh

Sentence: due to his panoramimania, Bo couldn't see the trees for the wood.

Etymology: panorama - 'an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions' Mania - 'excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze'

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Monetism

Created by: velcrolegs

Pronunciation: moan-ay-izm

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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!