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DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.
Verboticisms
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Sneermiss
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: sneer-MIHS
Sentence: Alex sneermissed the girl in the bar, and left befuddled as to why he was drenched in mojito.
Etymology: sneer + miss (to rhyme with near-miss--in this case, it is literally nearly a miss, whereas "near-miss" usually means "near-hit".)
Adifface
Created by: simplemoose
Pronunciation: A DIF' FACE
Sentence: Adiffaces are generally creepy.
Etymology:
Faceilliterate
Created by: pifty
Pronunciation: fejsilitereit
Sentence: he's so faceilliterate that he can't even tell wheather she likes him or thinks he's an idiot!
Etymology: face, facial + illiterate
Antidisefacialism
Created by: Sharpedgeshurt
Pronunciation: Anti-Dys-uh-fa-shull-izm
Sentence: When Bob looked in to her eyes, he knew, or he thought he knew, by her smile, or was it a wince?, or a moan?--Actually, she was probably asleep--Anyway, Bob had antidisefacialism, and continued staring in to her sleeping face trying to figure out what it meant.
Etymology:
Faciautism
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪʃiˈɔtɪzm̩/
Sentence: Unfortunately, his faciautism only got worse when he got drunk.
Etymology: From facial + autism
Misinterpotato
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: miss-in-tur-pah-tay-toe
Sentence: My boss is one of those people who has a permanent grin affixed to his face, which is why I always find myself in hot water for committing misinterpotato.
Etymology: misinterpret, potato (slang for head), Mr. Potato Head (a toy with easily discernable facial expressions)
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COMMENTS:
I like this one, too. Silly, but descriptive. - Clayton, 2007-05-09: 19:00:00
Thanks. I had words that would probably be better liked by the consensus, but this one looked like misterpotato(head). I love Mr. Potatohead! And I loved the way it sounded. Mis-in-ter-po-ta-to. It's benign and semi-comical (in my humble potato-head's opinion). - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 20:14:00
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Emoronic
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: eh - moh - ROH - nik
Sentence: That guy was being so emoronic he thought that Renee Zelwegger's face was twitching up in a horrid manner because she just ate something extremely sour and she badly needed help. The truth is, Renee's face has always been that way. He was just being emoronic.
Etymology: emo + emotion + moronic (dumb)
Facialoser
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: f-ay-sh-uh-l-oo-z-r
Sentence: The guy who lived down the street from me was such a facialoser he thought i was being nice when i was insulting him.
Etymology: facial+loser
Disfacism
Created by: Jocoman
Pronunciation: dis-face-ism
Sentence: Jill's new boss hired her due to his extreme disfacism, causing him to believe her blinking was winking.
Etymology: Dysfunctional + face + ism.
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COMMENTS:
I realized after creating this word that it should actually be spelled dysfacism, proving that I'm retarded on my very first post. - Jocoman, 2007-05-09: 21:26:00
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Cuepid
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: cue-pid
Sentence: Cupid's arrows never came to Rick because he was too cuepid to see that Cindy was giving him her "come hither" look. Thinking she was about to sneeze, he pulled out his H1N1 mask, hand sanitizer and his pocket pack of Lysol before heading toward the bar, leaving her quite puzzled.
Etymology: cue: signal, prompt, hint + stupid: lacking common sense, perception or normal intelligence
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COMMENTS:
cuete word - Nosila, 2009-11-25: 23:06:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short story "I, Row-Boat", where a sentient, and very sensitive Row-Boat has some difficulty reading a woman's facial expressions. See the full story in Overclocked. Thank you Cory! ~ James
MIENBLIND is very good- and far more cerebral than my entry. Good work, Ozziebob.
MaybeLater_x - 2008-08-19: 19:10:00
Visagenary is also a play on Imaginary, nay?
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James
ldikarev - 2012-09-06: 16:44:00
ldikarev - 2012-09-06: 16:45:00
Prosopagnosia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia (Greek: "prosopon" = "face", "agnosia" = "not knowing") is a disorder of fa