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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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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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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.
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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Eupaniminutiae
Created by: schizboot
Pronunciation: yü-pan-i-m&-'nü-sh(E-)&
Sentence: I have the gift of eupaniminutiae; I don't get bogged down in the everyday details of life.
Etymology: Eu(true/good)+pan(all)+im(un)+minutiae; as in, I took a crash course in Latin prefixes a few years ago.
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
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
Concentraition
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Con-sen-trey-shun
Sentence: Martin has a unique power of concentraition wherein he is able to ignore any and all manner of chaos surrounding him and bear down on the even the smallest of details at hand.
Etymology: Blend of Concentrate (to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus) and Trait (a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature)
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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Bushvision
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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COMMENTS:
Yes, Andy used the big guns to shoot big picture... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 00:54:00
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Nittygritimpairment
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: nit-ee-grit-im-pair-ment
Sentence: His nittygritimpairment had previously been misdiagnosed as wholistopia. Whatever the cause, he was excellent at keeping the overall objective uppermost in their minds.
Etymology: nitty gritty (details) + impairment (symptom of reduced quality)
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!