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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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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)
Unfacialable
Created by: Eequal5
Pronunciation: un-fase-y-al-able
Sentence: He is so unfacialalbe that he couldnt tell his mom was angry.
Etymology: un:not fac:face ial:Expression able:able
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:
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'
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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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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Defacement
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: De-Face-Ment
Sentence: After nobody showed up for her party, she realized she was guilty of defacement yet again.
Etymology:
Kissermisser
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kiss/er/miss/er
Sentence: He confused a smirk for a scowl, fear for friendliness, a grin for a grimace. He was a socially inept kissermisser.
Etymology: kisser + miss
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COMMENTS:
He wouldn't be the Kidderminster kissermisser, would he? - galwaywegian, 2007-05-09: 07:48:00
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Badfacer
Created by: oliviabrown
Pronunciation: B-AH-d-FAY-sir
Sentence: I'm such a badfacer.
Etymology: {bad} not good, {facer} with faces
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