Verboticism: Miscorpalinference
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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Misinterstand
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: mis-inter-stand
Sentence: Don't misinterstand the way she dresses because she really is conservative.
Etymology: mis-interperet-understand
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"
Bodymiss
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: Bo-dy-miss
Sentence: I though she was sending me a kiss, but she was only making a face. I bodymissed her completely.
Etymology: body+miss
Dissinturpretation
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: DISS-in-tur-pret-a-shun
Sentence: When Esmerelda asked for the check before the entre arrived, her actions were dissinturpreted to mean she was asking her guest to retire to her place.
Etymology: Disrespect + inturpretation
Inflirtpretation
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: in-flert-pre-tay-shun
Sentence: I hate going out with John. He inflirtpretates everything I do. It makes me crazy.
Etymology: interpretation + flirt
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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Indigesture
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: in di jest' yer
Sentence: Bob's tendency towards indigesture struck again as he excitedly waved back to the beautiful woman. Unfortunately she was actually waving to the man standing behind him.
Etymology: indigestion + gesture
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
