Verboticisms

Created by: Jocoman

Pronunciation: dis-face-ism

Sentence: Jill's new boss hired her due to his extreme disfacism, causing him to believe her blinking was winking.

Etymology: Dysfunctional + face + ism.

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COMMENTS:

I realized after creating this word that it should actually be spelled dysfacism, proving that I'm retarded on my very first post. - Jocoman, 2007-05-09: 21:26:00

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Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: De-Face-Ment

Sentence: After nobody showed up for her party, she realized she was guilty of defacement yet again.

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Created by: benjamin

Pronunciation: in-vis-ij

Sentence: Robert invisaged people in all situations; even in bed, he couldn't tell his wife's O-face from here "are we done yet" face.

Etymology: in (prefix meaning not) + visage (face)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in cown ten ants

Sentence: Jeff had a serious problem, particularly when he was around the ladies. He could not read faces or facial expressions. Because of it, he often misinterpreted the reactions he received from the fairer sex. Jeff suffered from incountenance and as a result, when he wanted them to stay, they wanted him to go!

Etymology: Incontinence (involuntary urination or defecation; indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures) & Countenance (the appearance conveyed by a person's face;the human face)

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Created by: grahaff

Pronunciation: rox presh in

Sentence: The man was such a wroxpression. Whenever he saw someone giggling he would say to them, "What is wrong."

Etymology: wrong (not correct or true) + expression (the look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: iˈmō sh ənəl

Sentence: Rudy is the perfect person to work the exchange desk. He is absolutely emotionull. He doesn*t get rattled by angry, screaming customers because doesn*t understand those feelings. He never learned to read expressions. To him jovial looks just the same as irate. He has been taught to tense certain muscles in his face when working. He has been told that doing this looks something like a smile and that it will help in his job. Most of his clients leave semi-satisfied but creeped out by the look on his face.

Etymology: emotional (arousing or characterized by intense feeling) + null (lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content)

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: viz/aj/gahth

Sentence: Jack was a noted visagegoth who had the manners to match his multiple faux pas

Etymology: visigoth + visage

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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

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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.

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Created by: jalvarado6

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