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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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Miscorpsintralogy
Created by: paperpieces
Pronunciation: Miss-corps-in-tra-low-gee
Sentence: My girlfriend sometimes gives me all these hints with her body, and when I do not understand them she says that i should take a course in miscorpsintralogy.
Etymology: Mis- meaning not, -corps- from corpse, -intra- meaning within, -logy meanign any particular study
Bodymiss
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: Bo-dy-miss
Sentence: I though she was sending me a kiss, but she was only making a face. I bodymissed her completely.
Etymology: body+miss
Cueklutz
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: cyu/clutz
Sentence: Dusseldorf Smith, a self-confessed yet good-natured "cueklutz", took solace in the fact that he could always rely upon clear and consistent feedback from his pet rock (which was rarely the case with members of the opposite sex).
Etymology: cue: a hint or mood + klutz: a misbegotten mangler of moods or a clumsy clueless character
Schizomeania
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: skiz/o/mee/ni/a
Sentence: His schizomeania was constantly getting him in trouble. He could never figure out where he stood - but that was okay because he was delusional as well
Etymology: schizophrenia + meaning
Persecue
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: 'p&r-si-"küt
Sentence: He had a tendency to persecue me because I tend to smile at others when I run into them.
Etymology: PERSECUTE = Middle English, from Middle French persecuter, back-formation from persecuteur persecutor, from Late Latin persecutor, from persequi to persecute, from Latin, to pursue, from per- through + sequi to follow CUE
Showblind
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: Just like she looks.
Sentence: Joey was showblind, and missed a lot of opportunities with the ladies, and their preening and flirtations were wasted effort.
Etymology: Blind to the "show"
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
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?