Vote for the best verboticism.
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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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
Losetrueviewclues
Created by: wysware
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: lose (miss) true (real) view (on show) clues (information)
Miscongesture
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mis/con/jes/chur
Sentence: Her response to his miscongesture was a shocked, icy cold stare.
Etymology: misconstrue + gesture
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COMMENTS:
I originally entered 'miscongesture', but it logged me as 'guest' for some reason. - Stevenson0, 2006-12-05: 16:05:00
You must of miscongested your login status, which is easy to do... - Verbotomy, 2006-12-05: 16:53:00
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Signullify
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation: sig-nullify
Sentence: His Asperger's caused him to signullify all but the most blunt and painful hints - especially those literally so.
Etymology: signal + nullify
Obvioblivious
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ohb-vio-blih-vee-ous
Sentence: Bob was obvioblivious to Jan's uncomfortable boby language.
Etymology: obvious + oblivious
Unfountuition
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: un-foun-tu-ishun
Sentence: Mike was uncanny in his unfountuition, 100% unreliable.
Etymology: unfounded + intuition
Hormonalyze
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: hor-MOAN-a-lies
Sentence:
Etymology: hormone, analyze
Dislegsia
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: dis-LEG-see-a
Sentence: Bob suffers from total dislegsia when he tries to read body language
Etymology: dyslexia + leg
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?