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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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Defiddlyfazedness
Created by: jonzerofourteen
Pronunciation: dee fid uhl lee fay zed ness
Sentence: Gary just could understand Karen’s panic. She seemed to be obsessing over the slightest detail. Karen obviously lacked Gary’s defiddlyfazedness when it came to wedding preparations.
Etymology: de (away from, off) + fiddly (requiring close attention to detail) + fazed (to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted) + ness (state of being)
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Utopitan
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yoōtōpətən
Sentence: John*s boss is a Utopitan. He has never been introduced to a practical detail that he can*t ignore, much to the pain of his employees. Where others can*t see the forest for the trees, he can*t see the trees for the forest. This is especially bad for someone who owns a tree trimming service.
Etymology: Utopian (modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic) + pita (pain in the ass)
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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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)
Treeblindness
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: TREE-blind-ness
Sentence: Al, a "can't see the forest for the trees" kinda guy, never made it to the campout because he spent all day assembling his survival kit. Jim, who suffered from treeblindness, got there early. So early that it was too dark to see the cliff he walked over.
Etymology: "Can't see the forest for the trees," reversed, + nightblindness
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - ErWenn, 2007-01-29: 00:34:00
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Horizonized
Created by: Buzzardbilly
Pronunciation: hə-ˈrī-zən-rīzd
Sentence: v. He was so horizonized that he could never focus on how to pay attention to the little details of how to reach a big goal. Instead, he stumbled through life unable to see the potholes because he couldn't stop focusing on the horizon. n. His horizonization was the worst. The man walked around with bees on his face, his fly unzipped, and some part of breakfast dangling from a lip corner, yet he was completely oblivious to it all because he was a slave to the big picture but a zombie on the day-to-day.
Etymology: Horizon - the boundary one sees in the furthest distance where sky meets earth as far as they eye believes. Also from Greek present participle of horizein meaning "to bound, define" and Mesmerize - Which is the eponymous word for what F.A. Mesmer did, which was to hypnotize.
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COMMENTS:
Slave and zombie all at once -- great image - jrogan, 2009-08-28: 23:01:00
Great word...horizontal thinking at it's best! - Nosila, 2009-08-28: 23:41:00
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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!