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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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Repushify

Created by: collinwashere2

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Did you just repushify my button?

Etymology:

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Pressdetout

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: press dee toot

Sentence: Irma was a pressdetout when it came to elevators. She had to press the buttons for each and every floor. It slowed down the elevator ride for many and caused people to get angry, but she could not help herself. She'd even press the button someone else had already lit up. Some people get the elevator, some just get the shaft...

Etymology: Press (to exert pressure or push on something) & De Tout (Fr: of everything, all) and Wordplay on Prostitute (someone who gets paid to push another's buttons, wink, wink, nod, nod)

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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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Repedigititious

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rep-i-diji-tish-uhs

Sentence: 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)

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Nexpress

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: nehks-PREHS

Sentence: Alex nexpressed elevator buttons just like a three-year-old.

Etymology: next + press + express (oneself)

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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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Overprodtective

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: oh/vur/prod/tek/tiv

Sentence: Jim was so overprodtective of the elevator buttons that he felt an overwhelming need to re-press every touched button. His friends referred to him as a buttonhole.

Etymology: overprotective + prod (press)

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COMMENTS:

Very good - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-20: 05:55:00

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Pushkinitis

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: push/kin/i/tis

Sentence: The group originally met to read Pushkin poetry but soon pushkinitis ensued and the confused members began pushing around their families (kin)

Etymology: pushkin ( Russian poet) + itis

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COMMENTS:

I hate it at poetry readings when pushy people show up. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-10: 09:38:00

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Obstresselector

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: ob/stres/selector

Sentence: Jim was gorgeous, funny and just a blast to hang out with. The first time Danielle invited him up to her apartment, she found that he was an obstresselector! No way was she going down THAT road again. So she quickly changed her mind and pushed the first floor button, TO WHICH Jim obstresselected!...and told him it was just not going to work out. Can you believe, after he got out of the elevator and CLEARLY saw Danielle push the "close door" button, he OBSTRESSELECTED YET AGAIN! She definitely made the right decision.

Etymology: ob:obsess as in obsessive compulsion stres: stress; tend to get stressed easily selector: THEE one who selects

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Pushwhacked

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: push-wackd

Sentence: Although it was already pressed, Jill pushwhacked the buton continuously until the elevator arrived.

Etymology: push, bushwhack

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COMMENTS:

Jill was a pushover. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-10: 09:21:00

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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