Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in cown ten ants

Sentence: Jeff had a serious problem, particularly when he was around the ladies. He could not read faces or facial expressions. Because of it, he often misinterpreted the reactions he received from the fairer sex. Jeff suffered from incountenance and as a result, when he wanted them to stay, they wanted him to go!

Etymology: Incontinence (involuntary urination or defecation; indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures) & Countenance (the appearance conveyed by a person's face;the human face)

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Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: f-ay-sh-uh-l-oo-z-r

Sentence: The guy who lived down the street from me was such a facialoser he thought i was being nice when i was insulting him.

Etymology: facial+loser

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Created by: napster14

Pronunciation: klooless

Sentence: this guy is clueless

Etymology: clue...a sign...less...little

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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: 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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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: a dowt fayss

Sentence: Pinky had always thought she was a visagenist, someone who could read faces and know what people were thinking. That was until she met Bruno. It did not help that Pinky had little control over her own facial expressions. What he interpreted as amourous curiosity on her part, was actually a look of constipation. His leer at her was actually gas pains from the chili he had eaten earlier. Her adoubtface would end in them enjoying a bottle of Pepto together later.

Etymology: A Doubt (a lack confidence in or have doubts about;an uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something;the state of being unsure of something)& Face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; the expression on a person's face;status in the eyes of others) & play on word About-face (change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint;a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view;act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation)

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Created by: oliviabrown

Pronunciation: B-AH-d-FAY-sir

Sentence: I'm such a badfacer.

Etymology: {bad} not good, {facer} with faces

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Created by: autophile

Pronunciation: miss-FACE

Sentence: Ever since Myron realized that he misfaced regularly in face-to-faces, his prefered interface space was the clean textual context of instant messaging.

Etymology: "Mis-", prefix meaning bad, wrongly, failure, and "-face" from both "interface" and plain ol' "face".

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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: hooterbug

Pronunciation: smī(-ə)l/yəˌlāt

Sentence: OH Geesh! Thanks guys! mouthed Holly as her friends seem to magically disperse from the bar. Luckily for them they had seen the loomimg presence of their co-worker Stalker Dan, who always seemed to show up wherever Holly and the girls from work decided to party. "Hey Holly, You know what would look good on you?,Dan laughed. No?, Me!!" Ha-hahaha. Holly was going to have a hard time trying to smilulate her way out of this one.

Etymology: Combination of SMILE (A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision)+ SIMULATE (To make a pretense of; feign: simulate interest)

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COMMENTS:

I like it, hooterbug...so apt when dealing with idiots! - Nosila, 2008-07-09: 20:42:00

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