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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
Cuelessness
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Q-less-ness
Sentence: Although he thought the girl wanted to go home with him, Fred was cueless that when she said she was going to the bathroom, she was actually planning to run out the door.
Etymology: Cue - a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion, lessness - as is cluelessness.
Blunderestimate
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: blun-der-ess-tim-ayt
Sentence: As he removed the heel of her stiletto from where it had become embedded in his nose, Nigel reflected that he had, once again, blunderestimated the signals Chloe had been giving off.
Etymology: blunder + estimate
Obvioblivious
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ohb-vio-blih-vee-ous
Sentence: Bob was obvioblivious to Jan's uncomfortable boby language.
Etymology: obvious + oblivious
Fauxveal
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: foh VEE ul
Sentence: Despite the overwhelming odds young Bush fauxveals a frightening & incoherent reality.
Etymology: faux pas + reveal
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
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:
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
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
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?