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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Embarrharass: /em – bare – har – ass/ Mariah chose the worst times to embarrharass Charlie for attention. The last time she did this, he was on the phone with a prospective customer trying to close a sale. When Charlie was in these situations, Mariah knew that he was “trapped” and had to acknowledge her, even if it was in a negative way. Etymology: embarrass (cause to feel self-conscious,to disrupt somebody’s composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert), harass (annoy continually or chronically) Created by: mweinmann.
Comments on Embarrharass:
Nosila, 2009-05-19: 18:12:00
Mariah is a tension getter!Mustang, 2009-05-20: 00:32:00
Good one.
Trespassive: /trespasiv/ John has a problem. His boss, Mr. Wygam has become a psychic leach. He will hover around John’s desk in a trespassive manner until he can interrupt whatever John is working on. Much like a mosquito buzzing in your ear, he is almost impossible to ignore. The encroachment is usually followed by a WYGAM (“when you get a minute”) and then some nonsense that will cause grief for everybody in the office. Etymology: trespass (enter the owner’s land or property without permission) + passive (without active response or resistance) Created by: artr.
Comments on Trespassive:
mrskellyscl, 2009-05-19: 06:43:00
A psychic leach — love it!wayoffcenter, 2009-05-19: 09:18:00
I’ll have to add WYGAM to my textingdochanne, 2009-05-20: 23:36:00
WYGAM is here to stay, thanks! And I like the idea of psycholeechists (psyCHOLeechists) 😛
Focusurpest: /fo-cus-your-pest/ 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 Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Focusurpest:
splendiction, 2009-05-19: 22:25:00
very funny!
Hovernearkeeler: /Hov er neer kee ler/ Mervin Keeler was a respected accountant and chief executive in the firm of actuaries, Keeler Over and Howe. He was a very busy man. His new assistant, Juwanna, was becoming a royal pain to him. She demanded his attention 24/7 and got it into her head that they were an item. Because she had become a Hovernearkeeler, all the staff would hum the Hava Nagila song when she was pestering him. It was becoming embarrassing to Mervin, who was already happily wed to the senior boss’ daughter. The doodling on his assistant’s notepad suggestively summed his feelings…she had daydreamingly written over and over “Juwanna Keeler…Juwanna Keeler…Juwanna Keeler”. And Mervin thought he did! Etymology: Hover (linger, lurk near someone/thing); Near Keeler (by someone named Keeler) and rhymes with:Hava Nagila (translates from Hebrew as “Let’s Rejoice”;traditional song to dance the Hora, traditional Israeli dance; the most famous Israeli folk song, danced at weddings and Bar Mitvahs! Everybody sing: Hava nagila, hava nagila Hava nagila venis’mecha Repeat Hava neranena, hava neranena Hava neranena venis’mecha Uru, uru achim!) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Hovernearkeeler:
Mustang, 2009-05-19: 05:41:00
Eggzellunt!
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