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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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Empaphy
Created by: mustilicor
Pronunciation:
Sentence: While most people eventually overcome their ignorance of other's discomfort, for some this utter empaphy lingers indefinitely.
Etymology: empathy pronounced with the lisp of a small child
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COMMENTS:
Very creative. I tend to just mash words together, which gets old after awhile. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 19:57:00
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Clueless
Created by: napster14
Pronunciation: klooless
Sentence: this guy is clueless
Etymology: clue...a sign...less...little
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
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)
Confround
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: con-FROWND
Sentence: Mick tended to confround around new people, especially when seeing smiles and shocked expressions.
Etymology: confound (to confuse) + frown
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)
Auspockling
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation: awe - spock ling
Sentence: You have to spell it out literally for Timmy--the damm freak has auspockle syndrom; that's right--he's auspcokling big time.
Etymology: "au" from autism. "spock" from Spock, the character whose Vulcan half rejects emotional, non-logical input.
Ungesticate
Created by: mishmish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: - I was winking at him all night, but he didn't get it . - Well, maybe he's just ungesticate.
Etymology: from "gesto", Italian/Spanish/Portuguese etc. for gesture
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