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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.
Verboticisms
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Prodprietary
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: prod/pry/e/tary
Sentence: To be prodprietary one must establish prodprietary rights over all things pushable.
Etymology: prod + proprietary
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COMMENTS:
Good word, I nearly voted for this, except its not a verb. - justinchau, 2008-06-23: 06:01:00
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Recapushulate
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: re-ca-push-yu-late
Sentence: Notwithstanding the fact that Jack had just pushed the button, Jill had to recapushulate it anyways.
Etymology: recapitulate, push
Obpressive
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ob-pres-sive
Sentence: Kate's obpressive-compulsive personality disorder was manifested by a need to push elevator buttons. However, since she was also a germaphobe, she kept hand sanitizer and a pack of Clorox wipes in her purse to disinfect the button first in case there was swine flu or any strange viruses that may have been left by the last person to press it. This activity, once a source of contempt, was welcomed by her coworkers during flu season since she also needed to disinfect everything else she touched.
Etymology: wondplay on obsessive-compulsive: a strong psychological obsession on an activity, individual or object; a neurotic need to perform a particular activity, sometimes excessively or ritually.
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COMMENTS:
nice one! - tbAG84, 2009-10-27: 07:20:00
aaachooo...good one! - Nosila, 2009-10-27: 19:34:00
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Represshion
Created by: Angie
Pronunciation: re-presh-un
Sentence: Though the "up" button glowed with a faint light indicating that someone had already summoned the elevator, Clara felt compelled to press it again--just in case.
Etymology:
Excessapress
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: eck-ses-a-press
Sentence: He must be re-presssive compulsive, because he excessapressed the door close button right after he saw me do it.
Etymology: Excess + press
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COMMENTS:
He had OCDbutton. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-10: 10:16:00
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Pushinate
Created by: wilsondew
Pronunciation: Push i nate
Sentence: He has to pushinate the floor numbers everytime he gets in an elevator.
Etymology:
Pressoccupied
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: presäkyəpīd
Sentence: Ever since she was little Tracy has been pressoccupied. Whenever she was in an elevator she wanted to be the one to press the button. Crossing a downtown street? **ME PUSH, ME PUSH!** It was so bad that she was banned from participating in the Take Your Child to Work program at the missle silo where her father works.
Etymology: press (move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force) + preoccupation (a subject or matter that engrosses someone)
Obstresselector
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: ob/stres/selector
Sentence: Jim was gorgeous, funny and just a blast to hang out with. The first time Danielle invited him up to her apartment, she found that he was an obstresselector! No way was she going down THAT road again. So she quickly changed her mind and pushed the first floor button, TO WHICH Jim obstresselected!...and told him it was just not going to work out. Can you believe, after he got out of the elevator and CLEARLY saw Danielle push the "close door" button, he OBSTRESSELECTED YET AGAIN! She definitely made the right decision.
Etymology: ob:obsess as in obsessive compulsion stres: stress; tend to get stressed easily selector: THEE one who selects
Redonedant
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: re/dun/dant
Sentence: I know it was redonedant to press the button again but you never know, perhaps he didn't press it hard enough!
Etymology: redundant + done
Replidigify
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rep lid idge iff eye
Sentence: seamus alway replifidigified, to be sure to be sure.
Etymology: replicate, digit
Comments:
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.
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James