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'Look at that big smile!'

DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.

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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

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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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Emogerance

Created by: lv071100

Pronunciation: ee-mog-er-ants

Sentence: The boy is full of emogerance.

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Malfacioread

Created by: duchessella

Pronunciation: mal-FA-ci-o-reed

Sentence: He keeps malfacioireading people and hence giving wrong responses; that is embarrassing.

Etymology: Mal = wrong, bad, mistake Facio = facial Read = read, interpret, understand (as in palm-reading)

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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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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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Visagidiot

Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: vi-za-ji-di-it

Sentence: He can't seem to tell the difference between a cringe and a wink - he's a visagidiot!

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Expressinsensitive

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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)

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Spragnolen

Created by: 711881

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Visagenary

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: viz ah jen ne ree

Sentence: Let's face it, Claude is a visagenary when it comes to reading people...he can't. He has a lot of cheek, he gives a lot of lip and it's hard for him not to brow beat people. He nose it is wrong, but he runs off at the mouth. Clause does it for attend chin and rather than lose face, he misinterprets peoples' expressions. One of these days, he will get it in the kisser if he's not careful... a homemade facelift. Then no one will be able to read his facial expressions either, cause he'll have to go to a plastic surgeon, not a real one to save face.

Etymology: Visage (the appearance conveyed by a person's face;the human face) & Nary (not a one) & Visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight;a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible)

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Ha! I read "attend chin" about ten times before I got it, then I laughed like a maniac... I'm so tired. Nice word though! - Tigger, 2008-07-09: 01:35:00

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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