Verboticisms

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: Ma-kro-vi-sjon

Sentence: Forbes macrovision hindered his ability to look at the more mundane day-to-day issues, like eating. Which in turn hindered his ability to exist.

Etymology: macro(big) + vision(to see)

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This word popped into my head, though I decided in favour of a different one. I've voted for it though. - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 06:22:00

Well it's already the name of a company, but it could not entomb the definition better =) - allwise, 2007-01-29: 09:41:00

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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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Created by: schizboot

Pronunciation: yü-pan-i-m&-'nü-sh(E-)&

Sentence: I have the gift of eupaniminutiae; I don't get bogged down in the everyday details of life.

Etymology: Eu(true/good)+pan(all)+im(un)+minutiae; as in, I took a crash course in Latin prefixes a few years ago.

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: ex - am - or - am - ik

Sentence: Justine has started to take the examoramic view of things recently. She glosses over all details; seeing only the forest and missing all the trees in it.

Etymology: examine, panoramic

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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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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Con-sen-trey-shun

Sentence: Martin has a unique power of concentraition wherein he is able to ignore any and all manner of chaos surrounding him and bear down on the even the smallest of details at hand.

Etymology: Blend of Concentrate (to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus) and Trait (a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature)

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'trI-f&l-"blInd-n&s/

Sentence: Sometimes the debate between holism and reductionism is really an argument between trifleblindness and obsessive-compulsion.

Etymology: From trifle + blindness

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COMMENTS:

Ah, those silly little trifles, if only I was blind to them... Maybe I should deal with the trifles with a rifle, like our good friend the Alchemist. - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 00:58:00

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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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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)

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Created by: timmy

Pronunciation: Cool wow

Sentence: Thats cool wow.

Etymology: For something that's awesome.

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COMMENTS:

- timmy, 2007-01-28: 12:59:00

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