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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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Foculizing
Created by: Ishepoh
Pronunciation: (foe-cull-i-zing)
Sentence: You need to be foculizing on the project that was given to you.
Etymology: From the word focus, the suffix -ize, and the suffix -ing.
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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COMMENTS:
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
Generaleyeze
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: gen-er-all-ahyz
Sentence: Men seem to be better at generaleyezing when it comes to messes, and women when it comes to working.
Etymology: generalize + eyes
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COMMENTS:
'Objection, your honour....' (!) - egonschiela, 2007-01-27: 15:43:00
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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.
Lokovit
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: lo-ke-vit
Sentence: They all lokovit
Etymology: look over it
Androit
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)
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!