Verboticism: Struggrin

'Look at that big smile!'

DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.

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Badfacedfrank

Created by: shishkabobb

Pronunciation: (Bad-Faced-Frank)

Sentence: Hey man, you are a badfacedfrank because you couldn't tell that I was sad.

Etymology: Bad-mal Faced- eyes and ears and mouth and nose Frank- a boy's name

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Dyslexivefaceology

Created by: Wordsmith

Pronunciation: dis-lex-ive-face-all-o-gee

Sentence: The poor boy suffers from Dyslexivefaceology.

Etymology: From the English "dys" and the Greek "lexis"

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Facefail

WordyBird

Created by: WordyBird

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Recognotso

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: rek-ehg-NAWT-so

Sentence: Milton was an absolute recognotso when it came to reading facial expressions and body language, always learing after the fact that the conclusions he had reached regarding others were simply 'not so'.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'recognition', 'not' and 'so'

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Smilulate

hooterbug

Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: smī(-ə)l/yəˌlāt

Sentence: OH Geesh! Thanks guys! mouthed Holly as her friends seem to magically disperse from the bar. Luckily for them they had seen the loomimg presence of their co-worker Stalker Dan, who always seemed to show up wherever Holly and the girls from work decided to party. "Hey Holly, You know what would look good on you?,Dan laughed. No?, Me!!" Ha-hahaha. Holly was going to have a hard time trying to smilulate her way out of this one.

Etymology: Combination of SMILE (A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision)+ SIMULATE (To make a pretense of; feign: simulate interest)

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COMMENTS:

I like it, hooterbug...so apt when dealing with idiots! - Nosila, 2008-07-09: 20:42:00

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Emogerance

Created by: lv071100

Pronunciation: ee-mog-er-ants

Sentence: The boy is full of emogerance.

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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.

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Clueless

Created by: napster14

Pronunciation: klooless

Sentence: this guy is clueless

Etymology: clue...a sign...less...little

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Awkward

Created by: Rachelgettier

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Kangle

Created by: jalvarado6

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