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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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Hyperopeye

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: hi-per-OH-pie

Sentence: He hopped into bed to lay with his wife, turning a hyperopeye on the naked stranger already in bed with the woman.

Etymology: hyperopia [an abnormal condition of the eye in which vision is better for distant objects than for near objects] + eye; used as in "blind eye"

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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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Pimpyface

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: pimpy face

Sentence: no, these are my own, i have a pimpyface day-.

Etymology: pimples and face

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Monetism

Created by: velcrolegs

Pronunciation: moan-ay-izm

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Rivarenigipt

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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Microblindness

Created by: cryptc

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Dave never bothered with the little things, so his friends suspected he was afflicted by microblindness.

Etymology:

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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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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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