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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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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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Necessivate

Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Ness-ess-ih-vay-t

Sentence: He necessivated every time his girlfriend pushed the window button.

Etymology: Necess-Necessity ivate- activate

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Superflupress

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sue-purr-flu-press

Sentence: Gordon was such a controlpanelfreak that he was always superflupressing in the vain thought that he could override everyone else's intentions.

Etymology: superfluous (surplus to demand) + press

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COMMENTS:

petaj Now if we can just have a definition about news coverage of a pandemic of respiratory disease - this can do double duty. - petaj, 2007-04-10: 07:21:00

love this word - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-10: 14:20:00

That really works! - jedijawa, 2007-04-11: 00:47:00

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Pressdulge

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: press-dulge

Sentence: Jim's pressdulgence appeared harmless enough but in reality it was a symptom of his control freak behaviour.

Etymology: press + indulge

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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?

Etymology:

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Compresilicate

Created by: Crabtime

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Staring obsessively at the nuclear control panel, she couldn't help but compresilicate every last button that her instructor showed her.

Etymology:

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Indoactionary

Created by: nickolucas

Pronunciation: in-do-action-ary

Sentence: HEs such an indoactioanry that he has to push ever one of his buttons.

Etymology:

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Needness

Created by: baicec

Pronunciation:

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Pressoccupied

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: presäkyəpīd

Sentence: 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)

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Elevatorgasm

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: eləvātərgazəm

Sentence: It all started when, as a young girl, her father would allow her to push the button on the elevator at his office. She still gets a charge, an elevatorgasm, when she is able to push her own button.

Etymology: elevator (a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels) + orgasm (a climax of sexual excitement)

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libertybelle lolol cracked me up!! - libertybelle, 2011-03-16: 08:47:00

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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