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'It's tricky, her knees are pressed together...'

DEFINITION: To overlook or misinterpret non-verbal cues, like body language, which often reveal what a person is truly thinking or feeling.

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Bodywatch

Created by: antonhere

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: watch body

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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.

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Misinterstand

Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: mis-inter-stand

Sentence: Don't misinterstand the way she dresses because she really is conservative.

Etymology: mis-interperet-understand

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Hormonalyze

Created by: hvhtim

Pronunciation: hor-MOAN-a-lies

Sentence:

Etymology: hormone, analyze

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Obvioblivious

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: ohb-vio-blih-vee-ous

Sentence: Bob was obvioblivious to Jan's uncomfortable boby language.

Etymology: obvious + oblivious

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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

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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

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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

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Noisyesermitrate

Created by: skelk

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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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

Verbotomy You must of miscongested your login status, which is easy to do... - Verbotomy, 2006-12-05: 16:53:00

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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?