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selective obliviousness

Having the mental capacity to understand something that's painfully obvious to anybody else and/or has overwhelming and undeniable evidence, but deliberately ignoring it for any number of reasons. Compare willful ignorance.
Jean was presented with mountains of evidence that her husband was cheating on her, and more-or-less covered her ears and went "LALALALALA." I swear, she's engaging in selective obliviousness.
by Intelligence001 April 1, 2022
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obliverous

Obliterated and oblivious, usually caused by consuming too much alcomohol.
The stumbling, mumbling guy over there is obviously obliverous. She ain't gonna sleep with him tonight or ever.
by Leo Wink February 19, 2007
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obviousize

The act of making something more obvious.
Football is obviously a game where you use your feet on a ball. However, some people do not know what football is. This means we should obviousize it.
by Tenkyougan January 2, 2008
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obvious terminus

The point reached at the apex of a successful relationship, a.k.a engagement.
Either things don't go well and we break up, or things go great and we eventually reach the obvious terminus.
by PaperDue December 18, 2010
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obliviotto

Literally, the combining of the three words oblivious,idiot and auto (otto) thus: o/'bliv/i/ot/to

Generally, a person of low intellect that consciously or subconsciously either; interferes, interrupts, disrupts, and/or creates an unwarranted disturbance or unwanted presence of him/herself. Thus causing it's audience feelings ranging from annoyance, aggravation, bewilderment, awe, anger, and occasionally rage.

Noun: OBLIVIOTTOS are commonly found at the root of most non-collision traffic jams.

Under most circumstances they can be seen talking/texting on phones, or eating, or staring at themselves in their rear-view mirrors primping/preening and or shaving, all the while occasionally looking at the road to see if they've hit anything yet.

On care and discipline of an OBLIVIOTTOS. In frustration with an OBLIVIOTTO, confrontation is not advised as they are at most times quite shameless and the effect of discipline is fruitless. The OBLIVIOTTO may even become insulted by being isolated for clearly obvious social or moral infractions.

In personal vehicles the reactions from infractions can range from shameless cursing , to, being flipped the bird and occasionally can lead to road rage up until possible physical violence. Not to worry , Obliviottos mostly bark more than they bite.

If caught alone , they will front, so make like your gunna smash in their teeth with a sweet hammer fist and they'll think you're crazy and will accordingly run screaming for back-up.
As I inched closer toward the green light at the intersection, I realized that there was no accident slowing down rush hour traffic, instead there was this complete OBLIVIOTTO with his car stereo blaring, jerkin' away on his smart phone, all the while giving out the middle finger to any passing motorists who honked or gave him the stink face. It was then that I opened my trunk got out my tire iron walked over to the OBLIVIOTTOS car and smashed off their side view mirrors. ahhh! poetic discipline :) Obliviots seldom use their mirrors anyway
by garishblare March 11, 2014
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Obviousm

A statement that sounds obvious but really isn't, leading a person who hears it to think that they knew it all along and therefore deem it unimportant. Obviousms sound obvious but carry a deeper or more complex meaning that often is overlooked.
Consider the statement, "you don't have to act on your feelings." This seems obvious to most people and in spite of "knowing" it to be true, very few people actually understand this. Most people find it very challenging - sometimes impossible - to separate their actions from their feelings.
Hold on, homie. That an obviousm. Don't act like you knew that all along.
by AfroSwirl March 5, 2019
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oblivion

the state of being completely unaware of what is going on around you

origin: english
"she fell into oblivion, unable to process the world's misgoings"
by aImondmiIk June 20, 2019
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