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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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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
Hormonalyze
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: hor-MOAN-a-lies
Sentence:
Etymology: hormone, analyze
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
Obswerve
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: ob-swerve
Sentence: Jim obswerved that the man with the big knife was smiling at him and decided he must be friendly.
Etymology: observe + swerve
Buggathatitis
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Arms folded, legs crossed and a look of indifference from Maria did not deter Mark. Buggathatitis he thought lustfully.
Etymology:
Ovtrigate
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Ahv - tri - gate
Sentence: When Karen gets nervous around men she tends to ovtrigate.
Etymology: Unknown...
Losetrueviewclues
Created by: wysware
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: lose (miss) true (real) view (on show) clues (information)
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?