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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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Visionapiary
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vizhun ayp pee ar ree
Sentence: He made his money making honey. He was the first in his area to see the potential of fresh local honey products. He did not let little stings get him down. He was a visionapiary.
Etymology: Visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight) & Apiary (beehive)
Denyopia
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation: dee-ny-o'-pi-a
Sentence: Even after a panel of long-time experts advised him to pull out of Iraq, Bush's denyopia would not allow him to consider it.
Etymology: deny+opia (eye disorders such as myopia, near-sightedness, and presbyopia, inablilty to see presbyterians)
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COMMENTS:
Hey kyotonils, You should get a job as a speech writer at the white house! I'm sure the president would love to expand his vocabulary, and you could help him do it! - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:14:00
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Incongnorance
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.
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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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
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'
Hypervatic
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: hype er vat ick
Sentence: Donald was always away with the faeries in a hypervatic moment.
Etymology: From Vatic: a prophetic person, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prophet. Also from hyper to over do it a bit. Because I tend to think the bigger picture is usually a more prophetic answer.
Concepsualisation
Created by: lilian
Pronunciation: con-sep-su-ul-ize-a-shun
Sentence: 'Being a project manager; concepsualisation becomes a crucial skill in coordinating the team, otherwise you'll never succeed'
Etymology: Concept & visualisation
Forestsense
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: for-est-sentz
Sentence: Polly's forestsense made her particularly qualified to be president of the optimists' club.
Etymology: From the phrase "can't see the forest for the trees"
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)
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!