Verboticisms

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: kiss/er/miss/er

Sentence: Joe confused a smirk for a scowl, fear for friendliness, a grin for a grimace. He was a socially inept kissermisser.

Etymology: KISSERMISSER - noun - from KISSER (an informal term for the human face) + MISS (to fail to perceive, or understand)

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Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: vi-za-ji-di-it

Sentence: He can't seem to tell the difference between a cringe and a wink - he's a visagidiot!

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: miss/in/her/pret

Sentence: Todd was one of those guys who was a "legend in his own mind." He believed all the ladies were so into him that they couldn't look at him...sometimes even pretending he didn't exist. He was know to misinherpret the facial expressions once a woman was forced as he was known to stand blocking the doors. Yeah...that was his "best move."He was sure the white as a ghost paleness and the just on the horizon retch meant she was "totally into" him.

Etymology: Derived from the word misinterpret, but only applies to misreading a woman.

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like it - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-09: 13:49:00

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Created by: Kurisu

Pronunciation: TRANS-sub-siko-ation

Sentence: I thought I was just being friendly, but his behavior revealed transubpsychoation.

Etymology: Trans: of, relating to, or characterized by + Sub: to act as a substitute + Pyscho: a deranged or psychopathic person + Ation: action or process : something connected with an action or process

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: im-PAIR-ence

Sentence: Her impearance led me to believe she was a psychopath on the verge of killing me... it turned out that she loved me.

Etymology: Impair (difficulty) + appearance (expression)

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: WINCE-BLIND

Sentence: Paul regaled his dinner date with an endless succession of irrelevant anecdotes,childish jokes and lewd comments. Being congenitally WINCEBLIND,he mistook Bab's expressions of terminal boredom and abject horror as sultry approval and scampish encouragement.

Etymology: WINCE-to grimace BLIND-unable to see that one has NO chance with the opposite sex.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: mis-in-ter-pre-face-tion

Sentence: Jase was the king of misinterprefacetion, especially when it came to women. One day he thought he saw a "come hither" look on Miss Muffet's face and thought he might get lucky. In reality it was a look of horror because of a spider that sat down beside her (spiders creeped her out). So when he smiled at her she shivered and ran away, leaving him totally confused.

Etymology: misinterpretation: to interpret, explain or understand correctly + face

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Created by: brandonmarrotte

Pronunciation: (Fig-gilo-cious)

Sentence: I am figgiloucious because I can not recognize facial expressions of my many wives.

Etymology: Fig-to see, Gillo- to misunderstand

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Created by: Wordsmith

Pronunciation: dis-lex-ive-face-all-o-gee

Sentence: The poor boy suffers from Dyslexivefaceology.

Etymology: From the English "dys" and the Greek "lexis"

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Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: De-Face-Ment

Sentence: After nobody showed up for her party, she realized she was guilty of defacement yet again.

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