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Word of the Week: Prosopagnosia

By Joseph on 11 December 2006 | Permalink

This week's word also deals with a strange disorder of the human mind.

Prosopagnosia (noun)

An inability to recognize human faces; face-blindness

"The president's diplomatic effort flopped after he mistakenly referred to the German Prime Minister as an al-Qaeda operative, featured recently on the news, due to his mild case of prosopagnosia."

2 Comments

Fidget
11 December 06 at 19:03 (GMT -08:00)

AHH! Kibbie, you have no idea how exciting this is. The show 3 lbs. featured this disorder in it's last episode!

Joseph Kibe
11 December 06 at 23:09 (GMT -08:00)

What a coincidence! I happened upon the word in an article in The New York Times Magazine Sunday morning and thought it esoteric enough to feature.

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