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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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Myopique
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: my/op/eek
Sentence: George decided that Polly was totally myopique when she misinterpreted his grimace of horror after showing him the dress she intended to wear to the party.
Etymology: myopic (short-sighted) + pique (emotional excitement or irritation)
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COMMENTS:
probably left her in a myopickle. - galwaywegian, 2007-05-09: 06:50:00
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Mismugamy
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: miss/mug/amee
Sentence: Mismugamy is the failure to note the true meanings of facial expressions.
Etymology: miss + mug + amy
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.
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.
Etymology:
Illitellate
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: ih-lit-el-it
Sentence: Big papa Stevenson had done his homework, watched all the film and read all the books. He went all in with his ace high, convinced he had the best hand. When the straight flush, full house and three of a kind were revealed, he started searching wikipedia for a cure to being illitellate.
Etymology: Illiterate - Tell
Recognotso
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: rek-ehg-NAWT-so
Sentence: Milton was an absolute recognotso when it came to reading facial expressions and body language, always learing after the fact that the conclusions he had reached regarding others were simply 'not so'.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'recognition', 'not' and 'so'
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)
Emogerance
Created by: lv071100
Pronunciation: ee-mog-er-ants
Sentence: The boy is full of emogerance.
Etymology:
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