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'Excuse me, but that's my button.'

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.

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Pushcentric

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: push - sent - trik

Sentence: 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)

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Redonedant

Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: re/dun/dant

Sentence: I know it was redonedant to press the button again but you never know, perhaps he didn't press it hard enough!

Etymology: redundant + done

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Recapushulate

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: re-ca-push-yu-late

Sentence: Notwithstanding the fact that Jack had just pushed the button, Jill had to recapushulate it anyways.

Etymology: recapitulate, push

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Digiredoo

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dih-jih-ree-dew

Sentence: The button was lit. Clearly, someone had already pushed it. So why did I feel the need to digiredoo?

Etymology: digit, redo, and didgeridoo (An aboriginal wind instrument that has absolutely nothing to do with this word.)

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COMMENTS:

Of course if you restrained yourself, that would be digiredidnt! - pinwheel, 2007-04-10: 07:20:00

petaj One of my favourite entertainments is a magic trick using an Aboriginal wind instrument - prestididgeriduation - petaj, 2007-04-10: 07:23:00

Digging Rolf's wobble board meself, sport. All together now "tie me kangaroo down, sport, tie me kangaroo down". - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-10: 07:46:00

Aw geez. Another song to get stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-10: 08:21:00

So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hangin' on the shed. - Osomatic, 2007-04-11: 17:13:00

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Redbuttonsyndrome

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: red button syndrome

Sentence: simply your words ;) every human has the redbuttonsyndrome - best documented in ren & stimpy "space madness" ... where stimpy has to guard a red button but doesn't know why and what the button does... so he starts thinking about it... until he can't resist anymore... . monkey see, monkey do. simple - everybody wants to push the button.

Etymology: red + button + syndrome = redbuttonsyndrome

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Compulsipress

Created by: sarabeth20

Pronunciation: com-pulse-i-press

Sentence: Did he really have to compulsipress the button I just pushed?

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Compushive

Created by: tbAG84

Pronunciation: com-push-iv

Sentence: 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.

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COMMENTS:

wonderful! - mweinmann, 2009-10-27: 08:31:00

good word - Nosila, 2009-10-27: 19:32:00

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Compushive

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: kuhm - push - iv

Sentence: "Hmmm" he thought, "what does that light really mean? I think I better push it again, yeah just to be sure, why not right, sure....buy my underwear at KMart...". Bob couldn't help but yield to his compushive nature once again.

Etymology: Compulsive - Push

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Monkism

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: mun kiss em

Sentence: monkism overtook Ray in the lift like a rage, he couldn't let anyone else press all the buttons.

Etymology: have you ever seen monk? he needs to touch EVERYTHING but stay clean.

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Buttonenvy

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: but-ton-en-vee

Sentence: Krista's buttonenvy required that she push any button herself no matter if it had been pushed by someone else.

Etymology: Sometimes a button is just a button ... and sometimes not.

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COMMENTS:

HA! Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-10: 08:19:00

Not a verb, should be 2 words, but worthy enough of a vote anyway. - ErWenn, 2007-04-11: 10:48:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-10: 02:32:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic.
Thank you Osomatic! ~ James

Mustang - 2008-06-19: 08:28:00
Being compushive isnt easy. It takes lots of energy and ingenuity.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-27: 02:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James