Verboticism: Cueless

'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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Unfountuition

Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: un-foun-tu-ishun

Sentence: Mike was uncanny in his unfountuition, 100% unreliable.

Etymology: unfounded + intuition

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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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Hormonalyze

Created by: hvhtim

Pronunciation: hor-MOAN-a-lies

Sentence:

Etymology: hormone, analyze

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Ovtrigate

Created by: msokoloffster

Pronunciation: Ahv - tri - gate

Sentence: When Karen gets nervous around men she tends to ovtrigate.

Etymology: Unknown...

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Cueless

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: q-less

Sentence: John was extremely persistent and totally cueless, so it usually took several slaps in the face, before he'd understand what-the-hell she was thinking.

Etymology: cue +less = clueless

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Bodywatch

Created by: antonhere

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: watch body

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Miscongesture

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mis/con/jes/chur

Sentence: Her response to his miscongesture was a shocked, icy cold stare.

Etymology: misconstrue + gesture

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COMMENTS:

I originally entered 'miscongesture', but it logged me as 'guest' for some reason. - Stevenson0, 2006-12-05: 16:05:00

Verbotomy You must of miscongested your login status, which is easy to do... - Verbotomy, 2006-12-05: 16:53:00

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Schizomeania

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: skiz/o/mee/ni/a

Sentence: His schizomeania was constantly getting him in trouble. He could never figure out where he stood - but that was okay because he was delusional as well

Etymology: schizophrenia + meaning

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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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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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