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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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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
Unfountuition
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: un-foun-tu-ishun
Sentence: Mike was uncanny in his unfountuition, 100% unreliable.
Etymology: unfounded + intuition
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
Signullify
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation: sig-nullify
Sentence: His Asperger's caused him to signullify all but the most blunt and painful hints - especially those literally so.
Etymology: signal + nullify
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
You must of miscongested your login status, which is easy to do... - Verbotomy, 2006-12-05: 16:53:00
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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:
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
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
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?