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DEFINITION: v. To hover near, or directly on top of, a person who is busy doing something else, in order to force them to immediately surrender their full attention. n. A person who invades other people's private spaces and uses the social discomfort to demand attention.
Verboticisms
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Peraptagregulous
Created by: Mwahaha
Pronunciation: per-rapt-a-gr-egg-u-lous
Sentence: Steven was so desperate to be apart of the Sara's group that he peraptagreguloused their party that night and wouldn't leave Sara alone.
Etymology: per-wrongly+rapt-to seize+greg-the flock/herd+ulous-tending to
Flagrantimidate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: flā'grən-tĭm'ĭ-dāt'
Sentence: Blake was really getting into the Big-Twelve semifinals, but Mauri flagrantimidated him until he caved. They spent the rest of the evening watching her "Gilmore Girls, Season 3" DVD's.
Etymology: 'flag,' to mark for attention; 'rant,' to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; 'timid,' lacking self-confidence, shy; 'Ate,' an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that produces crime and the divine punishment that follows it; also, past tense of 'eat.'
Focusurpest
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fo-cus-your-pest
Sentence: Les was caught in a support queue when the focusurpest showed up. After wading through the phone menu and being forced to listen to 15 minutes of scratchy Vivaldi, he finally heard a barely understandable voice on the line when she appeared saying, "Daddy, something happened." The crunching hard drive would have to wait for another day. He had to save Fluffy NOW.
Etymology: focus: attention, concentration + usurp: to seize and hold + pest: an annoying person or thing
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COMMENTS:
very funny! - splendiction, 2009-05-19: 22:25:00
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Spaceinvade
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: space+invade
Sentence: I had to spaceinvade him to get his attention again.
Etymology: space+invade
Viralurk
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: vahy-ruh-lurk
Sentence: When asked why they need locks on their doors, the majority of teenagers will claim it is to prevent parents and siblings from viralurking while they study diligently. Soaring enrollment in MMORPGs and abysmal high school median grades seem to counter this argument.
Etymology: viral + lurk
Smover
Created by: bdraffen0002
Pronunciation: /ˈsməvər/
Sentence: He smovered over me all day while I was trying to author silly definitions.
Etymology: Smother:Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘stifling smoke’): from the base of Old English smorian ‘suffocate.’ and Hover: late Middle English: from archaic hove ‘hover, linger,’ of unknown origin.
Helivadepersonework
Created by: stephboo43
Pronunciation: hell-e-vade-per-son-e-wurk
Sentence: my wife won't leave me alone! She just keeps hovering over me, and is distracting me from work!
Etymology: heli-to hover vade-to invade person-a person work-work
Bracenvader
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Bray-s/zen-vay-dah
Sentence: Jason felt his frown tightening as he tried desperately to ignore the woman tugging at his arm and looking over his shoulder while he was on the phone. He had always known his colleague to be a hoverdraft but this was getting ridiculous, he was almost falling off his chair. Dammit, now he'd have to pay attention to the bracenvader, and that was what he always tried to avoid. She was, however, starting to look somewhat manic - what fresh melodramantics would she come up with now?
Etymology: Brazen - impudent, rude or audacious; Brace - (informal) to solicit; Brace - support or preparedness, as in to 'brace oneself' against the invasion of personal space and the demands Bracenvaders make on you; Invader - one who invades or enters where they are not allowed, wanted or welcome; SpaceInvader - from the early computer game with invading hordes of aliens, also being someone who invades your personal space habitually and engenders discomfort and social awkwardness by doing so. Also hoverdraft (hover + draft) and melodramantics (melodrama + antics)
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COMMENTS:
Admirable! - splendiction, 2009-05-19: 22:26:00
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Invabus
Created by: carliejansen
Pronunciation: in-va-bus
Sentence: I was just trying to finish my project due for school the next day when my sister came in and invabused me.
Etymology: In-in, into, upon, on, at, among
Hyperattencroach
Created by: DevynAlexanderSkyeHarris
Pronunciation: Hi-Per-A-Ten-Crow-Ch
Sentence: Viifae leaned onto Mutae's shoulder in snuggle-fashion, though Mutae continued his business as best he could. She Continued to rub against him in a very hyperattencroaching manner, urging him to complete his task until he had disband his charge due to her eventually seating herself directly in his lap.
Etymology: Hyper-excessive + Attention-to focus upon + Encroach-invade + Roach-pest that gets in everywhere.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by shoeshineboy. Thank you shoeshineboy. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-11: 00:40:00
My verboticism have been updated? Hmm. I think this calls for a grammarauder.
Hey stache, thanks for your gentle grammaraudity. I has fixed the offending word. And by the way, if you notice any other stupid errors -- I mean miscommunications -- let me know and I will fix them. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-11: 17:45:00
you'se welcome.
Today's definition was suggested by shoeshineboy. Thank you shoeshineboy ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by shoeshineboy. Thank you shoeshineboy. ~ James