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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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Diminutae

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: dim-inoot-ay

Sentence: "What trees?", he asked. "All I can see is the wood", he added, with diminutae

Etymology: dim = to darken minutae = excessive detail

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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.

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Trifleblindness

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'trI-f&l-"blInd-n&s/

Sentence: Sometimes the debate between holism and reductionism is really an argument between trifleblindness and obsessive-compulsion.

Etymology: From trifle + blindness

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COMMENTS:

Ah, those silly little trifles, if only I was blind to them... Maybe I should deal with the trifles with a rifle, like our good friend the Alchemist. - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 00:58:00

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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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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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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)

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Blindsight

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: blInd-sIte

Sentence: David sits in blindsight, intensely focused on his favorite soap opera, as Jill tries to shoo the giant spider crawling on his face

Etymology: blindside - cannot see something coming, sight

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COMMENTS:

May David has a spider on his face because his mind is full of cobwebs.... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:33:00

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Nayslaying

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: nay/slay/ing

Sentence: As a result of his nayslaying abilities, George figured the world would be a better place ...but what he hadn't counted on was the lack of sustained applause from the peanut gallery.

Etymology: nay + slaying

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