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)
Pressoccupied: /presäkyəpīd/ Ever since she was little Tracy has been pressoccupied. Whenever she was in an elevator she wanted to be the one to press the button. Crossing a downtown street? **ME PUSH, ME PUSH!** It was so bad that she was banned from participating in the Take Your Child to Work program at the missle silo where her father works. Etymology: press (move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force) + preoccupation (a subject or matter that engrosses someone) Created by: artr.
Obpressive: /ob-pres-sive/ Kate’s obpressive-compulsive personality disorder was manifested by a need to push elevator buttons. However, since she was also a germaphobe, she kept hand sanitizer and a pack of Clorox wipes in her purse to disinfect the button first in case there was swine flu or any strange viruses that may have been left by the last person to press it. This activity, once a source of contempt, was welcomed by her coworkers during flu season since she also needed to disinfect everything else she touched. Etymology: wondplay on obsessive-compulsive: a strong psychological obsession on an activity, individual or object; a neurotic need to perform a particular activity, sometimes excessively or ritually. Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Obpressive:
tbAG84, 2009-10-27: 07:20:00
nice one!Nosila, 2009-10-27: 19:34:00
aaachooo…good one!
Compushive: /com-push-iv/ Sheila tried to pull david away from the already pressed button but it was too late. David was obsessive compushive and the button was re-pressed. Etymology: compulsive- an obsessive desire to perform an action.
Push- move away. opposite of pull. Created by: tbAG84.
Comments on Compushive:
mweinmann, 2009-10-27: 08:31:00
wonderful!Nosila, 2009-10-27: 19:32:00
good word
Pushcentric: /push – sent – trik/ Lolita was so pushcentric that she just went nuts if anyone else pushed the buttons. In the elevator, if someone else got there first, she pushed it too. It became complicated if she was playing a game where someone had to hit a timer button. When she was at her mom’s house for dinner and mom hit the oven timer, Lolita pushed it too. She ended up in Therapy and diagnosed as a buttonphrenic with a hint of repressed anger… Etymology: egocentric (selfcentered, push, centric (centered on) Created by: mweinmann.
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