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'Excuse me, but that's my button.'

DEFINITION: v. To push a push-button that has just been pushed by someone else because you "need" to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings. n. A person who "needs" to push their own buttons.

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Pushcentric

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: push - sent - trik

Sentence: Lolita was so pushcentric that she just went nuts if anyone else pushed the buttons. In the elevator, if someone else got there first, she pushed it too. It became complicated if she was playing a game where someone had to hit a timer button. When she was at her mom's house for dinner and mom hit the oven timer, Lolita pushed it too. She ended up in Therapy and diagnosed as a buttonphrenic with a hint of repressed anger...

Etymology: egocentric (selfcentered, push, centric (centered on)

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Monkism

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: mun kiss em

Sentence: monkism overtook Ray in the lift like a rage, he couldn't let anyone else press all the buttons.

Etymology: have you ever seen monk? he needs to touch EVERYTHING but stay clean.

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Chimpressario

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: chim-press-AIR-ee-oh

Sentence: I hate being next to Dawkins at the elevator. He is such a chimpressario! Monkey see, monkey do.

Etymology: chimp, impressario

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Repusher

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: ree-push-r

Sentence: "Just press this button in front of Doug and you'll see him follow suit. He can't help himself. He's a repusher."

Etymology: "re" as in "do again"+ push

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Redundation

Created by: LankyJane

Pronunciation: RE dun DAY shun

Sentence: The guy that just pushed the glowing "Ground floor" button in the lift was suffering from some major redundation.

Etymology: From the words "reduntant" and "retardation". Performingly a stupidly pointless act, such as pushing an elevator button that has clearly already been selected.

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COMMENTS:

interesting - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-19: 11:44:00

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Buttonomy

Created by: lynne61

Pronunciation: butt-aw-no-me

Sentence: His buttonomy forced him into pushing the third floor button although it was still warm from the woman's touch.

Etymology: button and autonomy

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Nexpress

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: nehks-PREHS

Sentence: Alex nexpressed elevator buttons just like a three-year-old.

Etymology: next + press + express (oneself)

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Remash

Created by: LonePaladin

Pronunciation:

Sentence: As soon as he entered the elevator, he felt compelled to remash the button for his floor, even though it was already lit.

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Repedigititious

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rep-i-diji-tish-uhs

Sentence: Six people got on the elevator all going to the same floor. They all felt the need to push the button. It was so repedigititious.

Etymology: repetitious (recurrent) digit (finger)

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Obpress

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: ahb-PRes

Sentence: Rick became enraged when he thought I was intentionally trying to oppress his need to obpress the buttons in the elevator. I didn't realize that me standing infront of the control panel would send him into such a tizzy. What made it worse was the twenty-three story ride in the small enclosed elevator and listening to him rant about how he needs to press the button. I am not sure whether to be sorry for him or appalled by his childish tantrum.

Etymology: obsession + press (a play on the word oppress)= obpress

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-10: 02:32:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic.
Thank you Osomatic! ~ James

Mustang - 2008-06-19: 08:28:00
Being compushive isnt easy. It takes lots of energy and ingenuity.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-27: 02:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James