DEFINITION: v. To push a push-button that has just been pushed by someone else because you “need” to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings. n. A person who “needs” to push their own buttons.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Repusher: /ree-push-r/ “Just press this button in front of Doug and you’ll see him follow suit. He can’t help himself. He’s a repusher.” Etymology: “re” as in “do again”+ push Created by: Koekbroer.
Repedigititious: /rep-i-diji-tish-uhs/ Six people got on the elevator all going to the same floor. They all felt the need to push the button. It was so repedigititious. Etymology: repetitious (recurrent) digit (finger) Created by: artr.
Digicompulsion: /-dih-GEE-com-pul-shun-/ Robert had to push the button again; he had digicompulsion. Etymology: digit + compulsion Created by: Kreaper.
Punchagain: /PUNCH-uh-gin/ At work, Delbert had earned the nickname ‘Punchagain’ for his habit of repressing buttons in the elevator even after his coworkers had already done so.
Etymology: Blend of the words ‘punch’ and ‘again’ Created by: Mustang.
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