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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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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)
Misinherpret
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: miss/in/her/pret
Sentence: Todd was one of those guys who was a "legend in his own mind." He believed all the ladies were so into him that they couldn't look at him...sometimes even pretending he didn't exist. He was know to misinherpret the facial expressions once a woman was forced as he was known to stand blocking the doors. Yeah...that was his "best move."He was sure the white as a ghost paleness and the just on the horizon retch meant she was "totally into" him.
Etymology: Derived from the word misinterpret, but only applies to misreading a woman.
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COMMENTS:
like it - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-09: 13:49:00
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Discognify
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: dis-cogni-fy
Sentence: He completely discognified her defensive monkey-smile for an open invitation into deeper conversation. She discognified my looks on her T-Shirt for interest in her *oops*, but actually i was only interested in the printing-technique of the message on her chest.
Etymology: dissonance = reduced to "dis" cognitare = latin for recognize identify dissonance + cognitare + identify = discognify.
Oblivopath
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: oh-BLIV-o-path
Sentence: Only an oblivopath would think he looked happy about being kissed by her pet skunk.
Etymology: 'obliv' from oblivious + 'path' from the suffix of empath (one who actually has empathy or understanding of another's feelings) = one who is oblivious to the feelings of another as represented by their facial expressions.
Figgliciocous
Created by: brandonmarrotte
Pronunciation: (Fig-gilo-cious)
Sentence: I am figgiloucious because I can not recognize facial expressions of my many wives.
Etymology: Fig-to see, Gillo- to misunderstand
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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Badfacer
Created by: oliviabrown
Pronunciation: B-AH-d-FAY-sir
Sentence: I'm such a badfacer.
Etymology: {bad} not good, {facer} with faces
Visagenius
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vis a jeen ee us
Sentence: Jerome thought he was such a visagenious when it came to reading the faces of young ladies he fancied. He could not have been more wrong. He always misinterpreted a "yikes" look as enthusiasm. Which explains why he never has a date...
Etymology: Visage (face;countenance) & Genius (unusual mental ability;a natural talent)
Visagegoth
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

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