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'Look at that big smile!'

DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.

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Converbal

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: con + verb + ull

Sentence: I used to be converbal enough that I thought a big smile meant "I'm not interested."

Etymology: Like non-verbal, only with "con."

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Cuepid

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: cue-pid

Sentence: Cupid's arrows never came to Rick because he was too cuepid to see that Cindy was giving him her "come hither" look. Thinking she was about to sneeze, he pulled out his H1N1 mask, hand sanitizer and his pocket pack of Lysol before heading toward the bar, leaving her quite puzzled.

Etymology: cue: signal, prompt, hint + stupid: lacking common sense, perception or normal intelligence

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cuete word - Nosila, 2009-11-25: 23:06:00

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Emoronic

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: eh - moh - ROH - nik

Sentence: That guy was being so emoronic he thought that Renee Zelwegger's face was twitching up in a horrid manner because she just ate something extremely sour and she badly needed help. The truth is, Renee's face has always been that way. He was just being emoronic.

Etymology: emo + emotion + moronic (dumb)

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Kangle

Created by: jalvarado6

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Misfacialize

Created by: theguitarman47

Pronunciation: Mis-FAY-shull-ize

Sentence: My girlfriend often slaps me for misfacializing her feelings when she is sad.

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I hope that you are working on better facializing m'dear. - rubysoho, 2009-11-26: 11:05:00

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Ircomprehensible

Created by: AlyssaluvsBTR12

Pronunciation: ir-compre-hens-ible

Sentence: John has an ircomprehensible brain, for he cannot understand Jen's expression.

Etymology: Ir- Not compre-figure hens-out ible- able

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Clueleslie

AnnieChandon

Created by: AnnieChandon

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Abilister

Created by: janefedd

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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.

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Visagenius

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: vis a jeen ee us

Sentence: Jerome thought he was such a visagenious when it came to reading the faces of young ladies he fancied. He could not have been more wrong. He always misinterpreted a "yikes" look as enthusiasm. Which explains why he never has a date...

Etymology: Visage (face;countenance) & Genius (unusual mental ability;a natural talent)

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-09: 02:26:00
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

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-09: 02:49:00
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?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-25: 00:48:00
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