Verboticism: Cueless

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
Gestureblind
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
Hormonalyze
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: hor-MOAN-a-lies
Sentence:
Etymology: hormone, analyze
Ovtrigate
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Ahv - tri - gate
Sentence: When Karen gets nervous around men she tends to ovtrigate.
Etymology: Unknown...
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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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
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
Signullify
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
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"
