Verboticism: Misvisualization

'It's tricky, her knees are pressed together...'

DEFINITION: To overlook or misinterpret non-verbal cues, like body language, which often reveal what a person is truly thinking or feeling.

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Blunderestimate

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: blun-der-ess-tim-ayt

Sentence: As he removed the heel of her stiletto from where it had become embedded in his nose, Nigel reflected that he had, once again, blunderestimated the signals Chloe had been giving off.

Etymology: blunder + estimate

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Persecue

Created by: Chistinalove

Pronunciation: 'p&r-si-"küt

Sentence: He had a tendency to persecue me because I tend to smile at others when I run into them.

Etymology: PERSECUTE = Middle English, from Middle French persecuter, back-formation from persecuteur persecutor, from Late Latin persecutor, from persequi to persecute, from Latin, to pursue, from per- through + sequi to follow CUE

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Gestureblind

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: gest ure blind

Sentence: he was completely gestureblind, he never knew when anyone was hinting at anything.

Etymology: bilnd to any gesture or gesticulation

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Obswerve

Created by: babel

Pronunciation: ob-swerve

Sentence: Jim obswerved that the man with the big knife was smiling at him and decided he must be friendly.

Etymology: observe + swerve

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Showblind

Created by: Coolfool

Pronunciation: Just like she looks.

Sentence: Joey was showblind, and missed a lot of opportunities with the ladies, and their preening and flirtations were wasted effort.

Etymology: Blind to the "show"

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Eyecantell

Created by: ChrisCarrk

Pronunciation: i-can-tell

Sentence: Eyecantell that she is saying yes, but i am not quite sure...

Etymology: I+eye+can+tell

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Cluepid

Created by: haroldbarold

Pronunciation: cloo-pid

Sentence: Orville made the cluepid mistake of reading Lola's gag reflex as a sign of encouragement.

Etymology: clue + stupid

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Signullify

bjorn

Created by: bjorn

Pronunciation: sig-nullify

Sentence: His Asperger's caused him to signullify all but the most blunt and painful hints - especially those literally so.

Etymology: signal + nullify

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Miscorpalinference

Created by: Kevcom2007

Pronunciation: mis/core/pohl/in/fur/ants

Sentence: "Oh my, that was a tight miscorpalinference! I should really think twice about what she's really getting at!"

Etymology: misunderstanding + corpus + inference

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Misvisualization

Created by: Madamemojo

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