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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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Introsuperdependent
Created by: copernicus
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The introsuperdependent woman clung to the man in the hopes of attracting his attention from the computer monior.
Etymology:
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
Shouldercreeping
Created by: Lauren19
Pronunciation: SHOLD-UR-KREEP-ING
Sentence: The girl behind me was shouldercreeping while i was doing my work.
Etymology: Shoulder- body limb Creeping- to peer over someone
Closedistraction
Created by: SpringSteel
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The man had a closedistraction with the president
Etymology:
Ruserude
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: roo-se-raod
Sentence: dont be ruserude
Etymology: rude
Irkanism
Created by: ethancarlyon
Pronunciation: erk-a-nis-um
Sentence: This crazy lady needs to stop irking me!
Etymology: irkanism- to overly annoy or cling to.
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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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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Perrevenent
Created by: TommyV
Pronunciation: Per Rev En Ent
Sentence: He's being very perrevenent tonight (Adj.) He's a perrevenent. (Noun)
Etymology: Per - thoroughly, completely Re - again, back Ven - to come Ent - ing
Phercataoiddaemon
Created by: roulouken331
Pronunciation: Fair-cat-uh-oyd
Sentence: The man's girlfriend was a Phercataoiddaemon; she was constantly demanding he pay attention to her at all hours of the day.
Etymology: Pher- To bear Cata- down oid- like daemon- demon
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COMMENTS:
COOL! - roulouken331, 2011-11-03: 14:42:00
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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