Vote for the best verboticism.
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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Properception
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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COMMENTS:
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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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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Nonderailment
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: nan-dee-rayel-ment
Sentence: Hugo's nonderailment allowed him to get his reports done without the distraction of Freecell(tm).
Etymology: non + derail
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COMMENTS:
ahwinters, I think you're on track with this one... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:35:00
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Treeblindness
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: TREE-blind-ness
Sentence: Al, a "can't see the forest for the trees" kinda guy, never made it to the campout because he spent all day assembling his survival kit. Jim, who suffered from treeblindness, got there early. So early that it was too dark to see the cliff he walked over.
Etymology: "Can't see the forest for the trees," reversed, + nightblindness
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - ErWenn, 2007-01-29: 00:34:00
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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
Macrovision
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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COMMENTS:
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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Farblightedness
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: far/blight/ed/ness/
Sentence: In a crowded room he stepped on the children in a hurry to meet the adults. It was a classic case of farblightedness.
Etymology: farsightedness + blight
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COMMENTS:
He obviously needed to wear blightfocals...:) - Alchemist, 2007-01-26: 08:15:00
Enblightening! - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 10:03:00
I'd say it was deblightful! Especially when you consider those poor children... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:30:00
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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!