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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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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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Hyperopeye
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"
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
Pimpyface
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: pimpy face
Sentence: no, these are my own, i have a pimpyface day-.
Etymology: pimples and face
Microblindness
Created by: cryptc
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Dave never bothered with the little things, so his friends suspected he was afflicted by microblindness.
Etymology:
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!
Panoramimania
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'
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!