Verboticism: Trifleblindness

'What details?'

DEFINITION: n. A special ability lets you focus on the big picture without getting distracted by those busy little details. v. To skip over the details while focusing on the big picture.

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Trifleblindness

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'trI-f&l-"blInd-n&s/

Sentence: Sometimes the debate between holism and reductionism is really an argument between trifleblindness and obsessive-compulsion.

Etymology: From trifle + blindness

Points: 608

Comments: Trifleblindness

wordmeister - 2007-01-26: 00:58:00
Ah, those silly little trifles, if only I was blind to them... Maybe I should deal with the trifles with a rifle, like our good friend the Alchemist.