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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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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.
Etymology:
Intowishin
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: In - too - WISH - uhn
Sentence: Darryl's friends joked behind his back that he had great intowishin'....whatever expression someone, especially girls, might have on their face, Darryl always 'interpreted' it to be whatever he was wishin' it might be.
Etymology: Blend of into and wishing...or wishin'. A play on the word 'intuition'.
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COMMENTS:
Very inventive! ...Wishin' I thought of that one. Really clever. - Tigger, 2008-07-09: 01:38:00
cLEVER - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-10: 05:18:00
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Physiognomuddle
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: fiz-ee-OG-nuh-MUHD-l
Sentence: Clarence's frequent physiognomuddling was only compounded by his wife's tic.
Etymology: physiognomy + muddle
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COMMENTS:
Had to run to the dictionary. Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 06:49:00
Thanks a lot! I'm new to this game, but having a blast. - Clayton, 2007-05-09: 14:27:00
Welcome aboard, verbmatey! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-09: 14:54:00
Thanks. Joined too late in the week to win anything, though. - Clayton, 2007-05-09: 14:56:00
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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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Kissermisser
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kiss/er/miss/er
Sentence: He confused a smirk for a scowl, fear for friendliness, a grin for a grimace. He was a socially inept kissermisser.
Etymology: kisser + miss
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COMMENTS:
He wouldn't be the Kidderminster kissermisser, would he? - galwaywegian, 2007-05-09: 07:48:00
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Disfacadiology
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: dis - fa- say -de -ol -i -gee
Sentence: I thought I knew what the smile meant, but I suffer from disfacadiology. (Also: I am disfacadilogical)
Etymology: dis + facade + ology
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.
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Invisage
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: in-vis-ij
Sentence: Robert invisaged people in all situations; even in bed, he couldn't tell his wife's O-face from here "are we done yet" face.
Etymology: in (prefix meaning not) + visage (face)
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