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DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.
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Expressinsensitive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ikspreshinsensitiv
Sentence: Spock is so focused on logic that he often puzzled by human emotion. He can be expressinsensitive.
Etymology: expression (the look on someone’s face that conveys a particular emotion) + insensitive (showing or feeling no concern for others’ feelings)
Faciautism
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪʃiˈɔtɪzm̩/
Sentence: Unfortunately, his faciautism only got worse when he got drunk.
Etymology: From facial + autism
Disfacadiology
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: dis - fa- say -de -ol -i -gee
Sentence: I thought I knew what the smile meant, but I suffer from disfacadiology. (Also: I am disfacadilogical)
Etymology: dis + facade + ology
Discognify
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: dis-cogni-fy
Sentence: He completely discognified her defensive monkey-smile for an open invitation into deeper conversation. She discognified my looks on her T-Shirt for interest in her *oops*, but actually i was only interested in the printing-technique of the message on her chest.
Etymology: dissonance = reduced to "dis" cognitare = latin for recognize identify dissonance + cognitare + identify = discognify.
Transubpsychoation
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
Faceilliterate
Created by: pifty
Pronunciation: fejsilitereit
Sentence: he's so faceilliterate that he can't even tell wheather she likes him or thinks he's an idiot!
Etymology: face, facial + illiterate
Empaphy
Created by: mustilicor
Pronunciation:
Sentence: While most people eventually overcome their ignorance of other's discomfort, for some this utter empaphy lingers indefinitely.
Etymology: empathy pronounced with the lisp of a small child
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COMMENTS:
Very creative. I tend to just mash words together, which gets old after awhile. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 19:57:00
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Badfacedfrank
Created by: shishkabobb
Pronunciation: (Bad-Faced-Frank)
Sentence: Hey man, you are a badfacedfrank because you couldn't tell that I was sad.
Etymology: Bad-mal Faced- eyes and ears and mouth and nose Frank- a boy's name
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