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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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Supertrudia
Created by: lindseyhamrick
Pronunciation: super-tru-dia
Sentence: My friend always has a problem with supertrudia. She can never leave someone alone.
Etymology: super- above, over trud- to push
Constihoveritis
Created by: sjacksonnnn4
Pronunciation: CON-STEE-HUVUR-EYE-TIS
Sentence: Aye this girl has a mad case of constihoveritis!
Etymology: consti- continuous, hover, itis- disease
Habitchual
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: hab-itch-chew-ul
Sentence: Betty didn't know what"patience" or "personal space" meant. She was an office habitchual, who hides behind filing cabinets, under desks, and once in the men's room in order to get attention and her usually crabby point across.
Etymology: habitual+bitch
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COMMENTS:
I think I know her!! lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-12: 00:15:00
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Philpop
Created by: mwgloe21
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jane was a philpopper, wanting people to constantly talk to and be near her.
Etymology: phil-love pop-people
Talkblock
Created by: tituba
Pronunciation: talk-block
Sentence: she was talkblocking him when he was trying to work
Etymology: talkblock- to interupt when somebody is doing something important and have all the attention on you.
Tarryorist
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tary or ist
Sentence: Jim was a very busy man. He worked hard at work and when he came home, he did some more work from home. He was usually plugged into his laptop, his cell phone and his Blackberry. But today he worked even harder than usual. He was driven and focussed on results. The only fly in his corporate ointment was his wife, Marcia. She was being a particularly annoying, demanding tarryorist today. She lingered around waiting for him to get off his phone and pouted, lollygagged, lingered, loitered and tried to distract him. She whined and pulled on his clothes and tried every trick up her sleeve to get him to stop working today. The harder he tried to ignore her, the even harder she tried to get his attention. He knew it must seem childish to an onlooker for him to keep pretending he was indispensible to his job and for her to keep acting so overbearing. But he had his reasons...two of them. Yes, his in-laws-from-hell were due to arrive at any moment for their monthly 2 week visit from out of town. He was just trying to put off Marcia's acts of tarryorism for as long as humanly possible. In the battle of wills, he was about to become a prisoner of war, without the benefits of the terms of the Geneva Convention.
Etymology: tarry (be near or hang about or wait around) & terrorist ( formidable person who uses terror inspiring methods or coercion to get what they want)
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-12: 03:02:00
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Demandinistical
Created by: shellyb2009
Pronunciation: de/mand/in/ist/tic/cal
Sentence: This lady's spirit is to demandinistical for me to ignor her. I wish she would just leave me be.
Etymology:
Mesurp
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: me/zurp
Sentence: Self centred Betty always mesurps who ever she can, whenever she can, even when they are busily engaged in important activities. She is a career mesurper.
Etymology: me (because it's always about me, look at me, listen to me, me, me, me, me) + usurp (encroach, butt in, take over, commandeer)
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COMMENTS:
Met many like her, unfortunately! - Nosila, 2008-04-11: 22:47:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-12: 02:32:00
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Pestaside
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pest a syd
Sentence: Marilyn became a pestaside to Mortimer as he tried to do his work. She was jealous of his phone and computer.
Etymology: Pesticide (a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)& Aside (on side)
Orbnit
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: orb-nit
Sentence: I tried to verbotomize, but Mark was being an orbnit, so I couldn't think of a decent word.
Etymology: orbit, nit (the egg of a parasitic insect)
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COMMENTS:
great blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-11: 13:11:00
Nice and neat. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-12: 02:33:00
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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