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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.

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Panoramimania

hoylus

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'

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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"

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Foculizing

Ishepoh

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.

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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

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Utopitan

artr

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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Beelinear

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bēlinēər

Sentence: When it comes to playing video games Josh is strictly beelinear. Silly details like paying the rent, grooming, paying attention to his girlfriend (when he had one) and sometimes even eating just are not important once he gets started.

Etymology: beeline (a straight line between two places) + linear (arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line)

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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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Rivarenigipt

playdohheart

Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: riv-ar-eni-gipt

Sentence: In a total state of rivarenigipt, she decided to post words on Verbotomy instead of working on her thesis.

Etymology: Not just a river in Egypt... denial: the real opiate of the masses.

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Monetism

Created by: velcrolegs

Pronunciation: moan-ay-izm

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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!