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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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Panoramosis

Created by: ArsMajika

Pronunciation: PAN-or-AM-OH-sis

Sentence: Tod has wicked panoramosis... keeps him on track, but he often misses out on the little things in life.

Etymology: pan- + Gk (h)órāma - all seeing; Gk ōsmos, thrust, push.

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Beelinear

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bēlinēər

Sentence: When it comes to playing video games Josh is strictly beelinear. Silly details like paying the rent, grooming, paying attention to his girlfriend (when he had one) and sometimes even eating just are not important once he gets started.

Etymology: beeline (a straight line between two places) + linear (arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line)

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Biggiepie

Created by: Djmolls

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Fixoid

Created by: paperhoard

Pronunciation: fix-oid

Sentence: He was able to fixoid on her cleavage like a deer caught in a head light despite repeated warnings from his giggling coworkers.

Etymology: fixate - to concentrate or focus + avoid - to ignore.

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I bet he can bambooble with the best of them as well! (Bambooble - to "accidentally" bump into a woman's breasts.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 07:55:00

Absolutely - poor Jim.... - paperhoard, 2007-01-26: 09:43:00

I wish I could devise some sort of nippalarm so I could see it coming...BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 10:49:00

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Focussedness

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: fow kus sed nessss

Sentence: when the stuff hits the fan you can the one wuth focussedness from the ones with fauxcussedness

Etymology: focus cussedness

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Minutiaverse

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mi-nū-shi-a-vûrs

Sentence: Rob believed that to get ahead in hedge fund management you really needed to minutiaverse.

Etymology: minutia (minute detail) + averse (disinclined, reluctant)

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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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Darving

Created by: lilty4422

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Igfocumate

Created by: santasassassin

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Etymology: I dont even know.

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Incongnorance

protothor

Created by: protothor

Pronunciation: In-kog-nor-ans

Sentence: Through sheer incongnorance, Mike was able to ignore the throbbing of this severed foot as he placed first in the special olympics.

Etymology: Incongruous;out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming. Ignorance; to be ignorant; The condition of being unaware, or uninformed.

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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!