Verboticisms

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: soft han del ing

Sentence: Taylor softhandled the introduction of the new corporate logo, ignoring the impact it would have upon printing costs that would be incurred when the existing promotional literature would require scrapping.

Etymology: Soft hands; never getting one's hands roughed up by actually doing the work that is called for in decisions made from ivory towers (am I being too pointed?)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: mi-nyu-she-o-pi-a

Sentence: Larry's lack of ability to see the small picture was due to his minutiopia. Mary took him to the opthamologist, but unfortunately, there was no script there to help his oversightedness.

Etymology: minutia: a small or trivial detail + opia: suffix that indicates a visual condition or defect(as in myopia - the inability to see distances or short sighted)

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Ma-kro-sen-trik

Sentence: The professor is so macrocentric he didn't notice the roach crawling up his leg, he was near to a breakthrough on his project!

Etymology: Macro meaning big and centric meaning of or relating to.

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Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: an-droy-t

Sentence: He'll work through those figures without any problems; he's a complete androit ...

Etymology: adroit (accomplish with ability) + android (robot)

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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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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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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"

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: BOOSH-vizh-yun

Sentence: When Andy started using his shotgun to swat flies, we knew he'd become afflicted with bushvision.

Etymology: Bush + vision

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Yes, Andy used the big guns to shoot big picture... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 00:54:00

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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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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Propp-purr-sep-shun

Sentence: His lack of properception is a severe handicap at work, but he can talk for hours about the exact arrangement of peanuts in the snack bowl.

Etymology: Proper+perception. Actually, properception is a technical term in psychiatry, which means "capturing the world and the internal needs" as opposed to perception, "capturing the world and the external stimulus" (Wikipedia).

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Inspired by, but not to be confused with "proprioception", which is the ability to sense the position and orientation of your muscles/body. - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 06:20:00

Good one Discoveria! Very well researched! Detailed! Obviously you don't suffer from properception... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:02:00

Thanks - though of course I didn't do that much research - Verboogle picked it up! - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 09:57:00

Wow, that Verboogle is everywhere! - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:36:00

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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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