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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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Distracticopter
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: diss-track-tih-cop-tur
Sentence: Making its flybys, Sean the distracticopter, saw me on youtube and he just had to recommend the latest cat video.
Etymology: distraction+helicopter
Attentaphobia
Created by: taylorhuewe
Pronunciation: Attent a phobia
Sentence: The girl had attentaphobia when she couldnt get her friends attention.
Etymology: phobia- fear
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.
Intervade
Created by: scarletzinc
Pronunciation: In-tuh-r-way-ed
Sentence: Sarah was busy attending a phone call while her cousin constantly kept intervading her.
Etymology: Interrupt-Inter Invade-Vade
Trublatcrat
Created by: Maclovin
Pronunciation: turb-lat-crat
Sentence: she is such a big turnlatcrat, i wish she could go away and be a turblatcrat to someone else.
Etymology: turb-disturb lat-to bear crat-one who advocates or practuced rule by
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COMMENTS:
vote 4 me :) - Maclovin, 2011-11-03: 15:02:00
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Annoyaholic
Created by: ErikLarson
Pronunciation: Annoy-o-holic
Sentence: This girl that's next to me is an annoyaholic.
Etymology: Annoy- wont leave me alone aholic- addicted
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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Mousekesteer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mouse/ke/stere
Sentence: Our new IT manager is a mousekesteer and constantly hovers over anyone trying to figure out any computer problem.
Etymology: mouse + steer + mouseketeer
Omnianneuros
Created by: moontopia
Pronunciation: om-ni-on-nur-os
Sentence: The crazy mother omnianneurosed the poor child who was trying to do his homework on the labtop.
Etymology: omni-all an-on neur-nerve
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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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