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DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.
Verboticisms
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Emotionull
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: iˈmō sh ənəl
Sentence: Rudy is the perfect person to work the exchange desk. He is absolutely emotionull. He doesn*t get rattled by angry, screaming customers because doesn*t understand those feelings. He never learned to read expressions. To him jovial looks just the same as irate. He has been taught to tense certain muscles in his face when working. He has been told that doing this looks something like a smile and that it will help in his job. Most of his clients leave semi-satisfied but creeped out by the look on his face.
Etymology: emotional (arousing or characterized by intense feeling) + null (lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content)
Adifface
Created by: simplemoose
Pronunciation: A DIF' FACE
Sentence: Adiffaces are generally creepy.
Etymology:
Expressimiss
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: ex-press-e-miss
Sentence: Expressimiss was her forte, so Mandy was constantly surprised by the mixed reactions she received when she mistook sneering for smiling and vice versa.
Etymology: Expressi- from expression and miss - fail to perceive.
Misguise
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: miss/guys
Sentence: He would always misguise the apprehensive looks on co-workers faces and consequently talk to his boss when it was an inappropriate time
Etymology: miss + guise
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COMMENTS:
Can also be used as a noun. My boss wears a misguise every day. He always looks like he's smiling, even when he's pissed off. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 08:55:00
Great word because most guys miss these signals! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-09: 12:31:00
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Antidisefacialism
Created by: Sharpedgeshurt
Pronunciation: Anti-Dys-uh-fa-shull-izm
Sentence: When Bob looked in to her eyes, he knew, or he thought he knew, by her smile, or was it a wince?, or a moan?--Actually, she was probably asleep--Anyway, Bob had antidisefacialism, and continued staring in to her sleeping face trying to figure out what it meant.
Etymology:
Ungesticate
Created by: mishmish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: - I was winking at him all night, but he didn't get it . - Well, maybe he's just ungesticate.
Etymology: from "gesto", Italian/Spanish/Portuguese etc. for gesture
Indisgrimacenation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/dis/grim/ass/nay/shun
Sentence: His lack of indisgrimacenation led to many embarrassing encounters at the singles bar.
Etymology: indiscrimination (making no distinctions, confused) + grimace (facial expression)
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COMMENTS:
vERY NICE. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-10: 05:28:00
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Unfaciful
Created by: folieadork2
Pronunciation: un/fac/i/ful
Sentence: Unable to read her facial expression, he was unfaciful.
Etymology: un- not faci- face
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short story "I, Row-Boat", where a sentient, and very sensitive Row-Boat has some difficulty reading a woman's facial expressions. See the full story in Overclocked. Thank you Cory! ~ James
MIENBLIND is very good- and far more cerebral than my entry. Good work, Ozziebob.
MaybeLater_x - 2008-08-19: 19:10:00
Visagenary is also a play on Imaginary, nay?
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James
ldikarev - 2012-09-06: 16:44:00
ldikarev - 2012-09-06: 16:45:00
Prosopagnosia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia (Greek: "prosopon" = "face", "agnosia" = "not knowing") is a disorder of fa