Verboticism: Hovercopter
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.
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Persnoy
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: per-snoi
Sentence: Would you please, Helen, for Heaven's sake, please stop trying to persnoy me to death? Your neediness and attention getting is getting in the way of my enjoying life!
Etymology: per, from perservere; annoy
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COMMENTS:
Interesting word. Don't know why, but your word brings to mind the controversial book, by Philip Roth, later made into film, "Portnoy's Complaint!" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-12: 03:00:00
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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
Illoiterate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ill - LOYT - ehr - uht
Sentence: Marjorie was an illoiterate who was beyond obnoxious with her insistence on having the attention of whomever she wanted to engage in conversation.
Etymology: Blend of ill or 'objectionable', and loiter. A play on the word illiterate as well.
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-11: 13:18:00
Good word, Mustang. I really hate illoiterates who cannot read! - Nosila, 2008-04-11: 22:44:00
great blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-12: 02:48:00
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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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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
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
Endotopamaniac
Created by: beardo
Pronunciation: Endo-topuh-maniac
Sentence: My wife's side of the family are all endotopamaniac.
Etymology: Endo- Within top- Place -maniac- one having a madness or passion for
Pestivaggressive
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: PEST iv a gress iv
Sentence: She stared into his eyes, lay sideways over his keyboard, pestivaggresively, in an effort to get a quick answer.
Etymology: From pest and aggressive - a variation of passive aggresssive. The inflicted feel aggressively pestered by those who persistently invade personal space to get attention.
Invabus
Created by: carliejansen
Pronunciation: in-va-bus
Sentence: I was just trying to finish my project due for school the next day when my sister came in and invabused me.
Etymology: In-in, into, upon, on, at, among
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:
