n. Vocabulary people use to try to put on an image or sound smart. For example, people referring to Nitrous Oxide as 'NOS', which is just flat out wrong.
Can also refer to words which sound like they have meaning, but don't.
Can also refer to words which sound like they have meaning, but don't.
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A person's facecabulary is the set of faces within the human race that are familiar to a person. When a certain face is made, it's immediately recognized with certain connotations.
Frieda instantly saw Caitlin's scowl and identified it as negative facecabulary.
That chart at the doctor's office that shows varying degrees of pain has excellent facecabulary.
That chart at the doctor's office that shows varying degrees of pain has excellent facecabulary.
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