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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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Unfountuition
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: un-foun-tu-ishun
Sentence: Mike was uncanny in his unfountuition, 100% unreliable.
Etymology: unfounded + intuition
Aspy
Created by: lala54
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My ex-boyfriend is not an asshole, he is just very aspy.
Etymology: Aspergers Syndrome, a mild for a Autism that is not accompanied by mental retardation. People with asbergers syndrome have a hard time reading social cues and connecting with others.
Fauxveal
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: foh VEE ul
Sentence: Despite the overwhelming odds young Bush fauxveals a frightening & incoherent reality.
Etymology: faux pas + reveal
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
Hormonalyze
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: hor-MOAN-a-lies
Sentence:
Etymology: hormone, analyze
Obvioblivious
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ohb-vio-blih-vee-ous
Sentence: Bob was obvioblivious to Jan's uncomfortable boby language.
Etymology: obvious + oblivious
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?