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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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Deludeface
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dee-lood-ah-fay-ss
Sentence: When Troy deludefaced Mabel she felt like kicking him in the shins.
Etymology: delude (from delusion - false belief or opinion) face (the front part of your head)
Snublivious
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: snuh BLIV ee us
Sentence: As Ron and Janie were leaving the restaurant, and Janie said vaguely, "Yes, uh, we should get together sometime," Ron didn't pick up on the fact that this was basically a kiss-off. He should have been clued in by the fact that when she said it, she was A. looking at her watch, B. looking bored, C. NOT looking at him, D. NOT giving him her phone number, and E. NOT asking him for HIS phone number. Actually, the fact that she hadn't smiled once during their whole dinner date probably should have been hint #1, but he had interpreted that as intense interest in him. He was so snublivious that he took out his calendar and started leafing through it looking for good days to go out again. He was surprised when she began inching away and suddenly jumped into an available cab. Looking back later, he asked himself, "How come I never see this coming?"
Etymology: snub + oblivious
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COMMENTS:
snublicious word - Nosila, 2009-11-25: 23:08:00
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Figgliciocous
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
Disvis
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: dizz-vizz
Sentence: "When she makes that face, I have such bad disvis. Is she crying or laughing?" "You're such a disvis, I'm laughing."
Etymology: 'dis'- not or taken/removed 'vis'- visual and visage (face and see)
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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Facialoser
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
Oblivisage
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: obb liv is aaj
Sentence: he was so totally oblivisage to the opposite sex that he mistook that grimace and the gagging sound for interest, and started to bulk buy all the Brut after shave he could find.
Etymology: oblivious, visage
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COMMENTS:
Makes you sound smart when you say it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 08:56:00
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Oblivopath
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: oh-BLIV-o-path
Sentence: Only an oblivopath would think he looked happy about being kissed by her pet skunk.
Etymology: 'obliv' from oblivious + 'path' from the suffix of empath (one who actually has empathy or understanding of another's feelings) = one who is oblivious to the feelings of another as represented by their facial expressions.
Dissthwarted
Created by: geoamnesia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I can't really tell if they are laughing or smirking -- so my life is about feeling dissthwarted and pretending not to be.
Etymology:
Kissermisser
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)
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