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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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Dissthwarted
Created by: geoamnesia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I can't really tell if they are laughing or smirking -- so my life is about feeling dissthwarted and pretending not to be.
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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.
Myopique
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: my/op/eek
Sentence: George decided that Polly was totally myopique when she misinterpreted his grimace of horror after showing him the dress she intended to wear to the party.
Etymology: myopic (short-sighted) + pique (emotional excitement or irritation)
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COMMENTS:
probably left her in a myopickle. - galwaywegian, 2007-05-09: 06:50:00
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Bemuggled
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: bee-mug-uld
Sentence: Jill was bemuggled by Dave's smile. Was he laughing with her, or at her?
Etymology: befuddled, mug
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COMMENTS:
So is that why Harry Potter had such a hard time living with his Aunt and Uncle... he was bemuggled? - pinwheel, 2007-05-09: 11:11:00
funny! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-09: 12:29:00
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Auspockling
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation: awe - spock ling
Sentence: You have to spell it out literally for Timmy--the damm freak has auspockle syndrom; that's right--he's auspcokling big time.
Etymology: "au" from autism. "spock" from Spock, the character whose Vulcan half rejects emotional, non-logical input.
Oblivisage
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: obb liv is aaj
Sentence: he was so totally oblivisage to the opposite sex that he mistook that grimace and the gagging sound for interest, and started to bulk buy all the Brut after shave he could find.
Etymology: oblivious, visage
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COMMENTS:
Makes you sound smart when you say it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 08:56:00
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Emogerance
Created by: lv071100
Pronunciation: ee-mog-er-ants
Sentence: The boy is full of emogerance.
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Defacement
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: De-Face-Ment
Sentence: After nobody showed up for her party, she realized she was guilty of defacement yet again.
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Adifface
Created by: simplemoose
Pronunciation: A DIF' FACE
Sentence: Adiffaces are generally creepy.
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Indisgrimacenation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/dis/grim/ass/nay/shun
Sentence: His lack of indisgrimacenation led to many embarrassing encounters at the singles bar.
Etymology: indiscrimination (making no distinctions, confused) + grimace (facial expression)
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COMMENTS:
vERY NICE. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-10: 05:28:00
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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