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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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Mugnorant

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /MUG-ner-uhnt/

Sentence: George would stop by the convenience store every day after his morning run to buy Gatorade, and he was sure the young woman who worked there liked him. She would crinkle her nose in the cutest way, and cover her face with her hand when he flirted with her. He figured she was just shy. One day there was a new girl there, even cuter than the regular girl, and she did the same thing when George approached the counter, smiling at her. He decided to ask her out, but when he did, she said "No, you stink! Are you mugnorant or something?"

Etymology: Mug - a human face [informal] (from Norwegian, mugge "pitcher"; usage from cups adorned with grotesque faces) + Ignorant - lacking education or knowledge (from Latin, ignorare "not aware")

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx OOOOH- Norweigo-latin...cool! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-09: 02:46:00

George is a real mugnoramus. - Mustang, 2008-07-09: 07:50:00

I guess george is kind of "mugdumb" Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-10: 05:35:00

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Adifface

simplemoose

Created by: simplemoose

Pronunciation: A DIF' FACE

Sentence: Adiffaces are generally creepy.

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Wreckognize

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: rek - ug - niz

Sentence: To wreckognize is to not recognize.... Your ability to recognize someone's face or their expressions is ruined or destroyed. It does not mean that you are blind; but it probably does mean that you are not perceptive.

Etymology: wreck, recognize

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COMMENTS:

Love it - Nosila, 2009-11-25: 23:09:00

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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)

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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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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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Intowishin

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: In - too - WISH - uhn

Sentence: Darryl's friends joked behind his back that he had great intowishin'....whatever expression someone, especially girls, might have on their face, Darryl always 'interpreted' it to be whatever he was wishin' it might be.

Etymology: Blend of into and wishing...or wishin'. A play on the word 'intuition'.

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COMMENTS:

Very inventive! ...Wishin' I thought of that one. Really clever. - Tigger, 2008-07-09: 01:38:00

cLEVER - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-10: 05:18:00

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Misexpressionize

Created by: rubysoho

Pronunciation: miss-ex-PRESH-shun-ize

Sentence: Often people who are not successful at dating learn that it is because they tend to misexpressionize.

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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

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Struggrin

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: STRUG-grin

Sentence: Ever since half our team got put on Prozac, I've been struggrin to figger out whether someone is actually smiling, or just reacting to his altered brain chemistry.

Etymology: struggle, grin

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Comments:

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