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DEFINITION: v. To insist on helping someone in spite of their repeated assurance that they have things well in hand, and already have their own remedies in mind. n. Unwanted help or assistance.
Verboticisms
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Handbutt
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hand/butt
Sentence: Jenny would always handbutt into situations and usually made them much worse for the person she wanted to help.
Etymology: HANDBUTT - VERB; HAND (to give someone a hand, to help); + BUTT (from to butt in)
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COMMENTS:
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:25:00
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Overaide
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: over ride
Sentence: Marjie was single-minded in her efforts to win the first aid officer of the month award. To that end she had resorted to overaiding her team mates. Now every paper cut was treated with iodine and bandaging, every headache with excessive and vigorous head massage, every little bump or bruise with lashings of arnica and warnings about occupational health and safety. Their protests were ignored, their bandaids stripped off and replaced with industrial strength bandage and some had even resorted to wearing balaclavas to avoid losing their hair.
Etymology: over ride (bully, browbeat, ignore protests) + aide (one who provides assistance)
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COMMENTS:
Heh heh....all that's left is CPR. Good word. - Mustang, 2008-05-26: 04:57:00
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Intrusolve
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: ĭn-trōō'sŏlv
Sentence: Mark only wanted to know how to indent the first line of a paragraph in MSWord, but Ethel intrusolved the issue by creating a macro that formatted the entire paper.
Etymology: intru(sive), coming without invitation or welcome; solve, to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain.
Aidamant
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ade/a/mant
Sentence: Sally's grown children must now always wear shoes with velcro fastenings as a result of her being so aidamant about helping them tie their shoes.
Etymology: aid +m adamant (stubbornly resolute)
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COMMENTS:
Sally to easy with her kids: she needs to give them a good lacing.... - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:30:00
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Pestassist
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pest/ass/ist
Sentence: If your glass is half full, you're an optimist, if it's half empty, you're a pessimist and if it's never quite right, you're a pestassist.
Etymology: pest + assist + pessimist
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COMMENTS:
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:26:00
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Remediabullheaded
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: reh/mee/dee/ah/bull/hed/ded
Sentence: The new assistant was remediabullheaded and drove everyone crazy.
Etymology: remedy + remediable (that can be remedied or cured) + bull headed
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COMMENTS:
Remenable word! - Nosila, 2009-07-07: 15:37:00
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Fixaided
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fix-a-ded
Sentence: Marilyn was fixaided on being the most helpful employee in the firm, to the consternation of her fellow employees who didn't necessarily want her help or her imposition.
Etymology: fix: correct or set right + aid: help, assist -- fixate: preoccupy obsessively
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-07: 11:53:00
Fixticious but good! - Nosila, 2009-07-07: 15:36:00
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Nosistance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: no sis tants
Sentence: When Larry got his fly stuck, Mary insisted on fixing it for him. Her help was of nosistance, because she yanked too hard, broke the zipper and had to call 911 to help Larry. Now, there's something about Larry, which is no longer hairy...
Etymology: No (negative,not) & Assistance (help, aid,resource contributing to fulfillment)& Insistence (urgently demanding attention)
Unhelpcome
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ənhelpkəm
Sentence: Jill’s assistance is almost always unhelpcome. It’s not that her efforts are insincere, it’s that they are often bungled and cause pain and suffering.
Etymology: unwelcome (not gladly received) help (assist)
Scaramedic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: skar amm edd ik
Sentence: His aunt was a noted scaramedic, with her own methods of first aid from door handle dentistry to air hammer cpr. to her a bit of zippercumcision was a piece of (bloody) piss.
Etymology: paramedic scare
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COMMENTS:
scary but funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-26: 11:56:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Jabberwocky edges out Stevenson0 for the top prize in Shamu Week! Congratulations to Jabber, she is obviously an expert at creativity and understands the all the intricacies and details of animal training. (I imagine she had a very well-trained spouse!) Congratulations to all the players for a great week! And thanks again to Amy Sutherland for teaching us how to shamu. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James