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DEFINITION: To overlook or misinterpret non-verbal cues, like body language, which often reveal what a person is truly thinking or feeling.
Verboticisms
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Blunderestimate
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: blun-der-ess-tim-ayt
Sentence: As he removed the heel of her stiletto from where it had become embedded in his nose, Nigel reflected that he had, once again, blunderestimated the signals Chloe had been giving off.
Etymology: blunder + estimate
Inflirtpretation
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: in-flert-pre-tay-shun
Sentence: I hate going out with John. He inflirtpretates everything I do. It makes me crazy.
Etymology: interpretation + flirt
Dissinturpretation
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: DISS-in-tur-pret-a-shun
Sentence: When Esmerelda asked for the check before the entre arrived, her actions were dissinturpreted to mean she was asking her guest to retire to her place.
Etymology: Disrespect + inturpretation
Miscorpalinference
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: mis/core/pohl/in/fur/ants
Sentence: "Oh my, that was a tight miscorpalinference! I should really think twice about what she's really getting at!"
Etymology: misunderstanding + corpus + inference
Ovtrigate
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Ahv - tri - gate
Sentence: When Karen gets nervous around men she tends to ovtrigate.
Etymology: Unknown...
Cueless
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: q-less
Sentence: John was extremely persistent and totally cueless, so it usually took several slaps in the face, before he'd understand what-the-hell she was thinking.
Etymology: cue +less = clueless
Indigesture
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: in di jest' yer
Sentence: Bob's tendency towards indigesture struck again as he excitedly waved back to the beautiful woman. Unfortunately she was actually waving to the man standing behind him.
Etymology: indigestion + gesture
Eyecantell
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: i-can-tell
Sentence: Eyecantell that she is saying yes, but i am not quite sure...
Etymology: I+eye+can+tell
Comments:
wordmeister - 2006-12-05: 08:39:00
Good words today. Hey Babel looks like winfirmity was the clear winner yesterday. Congratulations.
chris - 2006-12-05: 14:07:00
...presumably if there were lots of people who were 'Cueklutzes', they would form a CueKlutz Clan......
babel - 2006-12-05: 14:57:00
hehe, nice one chris... and thanks meister, i'm trying to give you two some competition :)
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-05: 16:49:00
hey guys - don't blunderestimate me - I'm not as cueless as you think and hey deadpanwalking - you should have left the shun in your word - very clever
wordmeister - 2006-12-05: 18:09:00
CueKlutz Klan? Is that a terrorist organization for nerds?
wordmeister - 2006-12-05: 18:12:00
I like dissexia, despite the fact that greg has not posted a sentence for it. Perhaps Mr. Batch suffers from dissexia? Or should it be dissentencia?