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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
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Digicompulsion
Created by: Kreaper
Pronunciation: /dih-GEE-com-pul-shun/
Sentence: Robert had to push the button again; he had digicompulsion.
Etymology: digit + compulsion
Nexpress
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: nehks-PREHS
Sentence: Alex nexpressed elevator buttons just like a three-year-old.
Etymology: next + press + express (oneself)
Pushsessive
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: push + sess + ive
Sentence: That guy came up and hit the elevator call button right after I did, even though he SAW me do it! Did he think I didn't do it *right*?
Etymology: push + posessive (or obsessive, if you prefer)
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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Replidigify
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rep lid idge iff eye
Sentence: seamus alway replifidigified, to be sure to be sure.
Etymology: replicate, digit
Monobmania
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: mon-ob-main-ee-ah
Sentence: Jeff was so self absorbed he just didn't notice the three other people standing at the pedestrian crossing. This refusal to snap out of his tunnel vision and engage with the city in which he lived meant he was a total monobmaniac: see a knob and press it. His brother, on the other hand, suffered from compullsion - he couldn't stop himself opening doors for people.
Etymology: monomania (an obsessive interest in a single thing) + maniac (an overly enthusiastic person) + knob (a round projection on a surface & offensive slang term for an idiot)
Buttonupmanship
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: buht'n-UHP-man-ship
Sentence: Bob wasn't a nice man; if he didn't get his own way, he would become pushy. Frequently he would be "pushing someones button," and if that didn't work he would "push their keys." Also he thought that he was a tough dude and joined "The Push," but they thought he was nothing more than a "push-fire" and a real "push-over." Even at lifts and traffic lights, he always tried his buttonupmanship, telling little old ladies to "button-up their lip." He had no success with the younger ladies also, when it came to "push-on-up." Seeking a free night's fun at someone else's expense, he thought he might push his luck with the ladies at a "pushing school" or a "buttonhole factory," but when it came to "push and shove," they stomped on his "button and bows" and told him to "push off" or he'd be "pushing clouds" sooner than he thought.
Etymology: BUTTON: n. any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring, or otherwise operate or open a machine, small door, toy, etc. ONEUPMANSHIP n. the attitude or practice of trying to keep one step ahead of a friend or competitor;
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COMMENTS:
I like it. - lumina, 2008-06-19: 02:28:00
Funny, and very clever. - Mustang, 2008-06-19: 06:31:00
great word and sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-19: 11:41:00
Bob, is his last name Pushkin by any chance? He'll be doing that till they put him in a push chair! - Nosila, 2008-06-19: 20:29:00
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Pressoccupied
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)
Compushion
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: com/push/yuhn
Sentence: Joe has to be sure he is in total control of his life and make things happen for himself. As a result, he has to push all the buttons and make all his own choices to ensure he has forged his own path. His compushion is annoying to those around him, but he must control the panel of his life and be assured he caused what is to take place in his life.
Etymology: COMPUSHION - noun - from COMPULSION (an irresistible impulse to perform an act + PUSH (press with energy and insistence)
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COMMENTS:
Another good one! - lumina, 2008-06-19: 02:29:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-19: 11:42:00
Another Top word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-20: 05:53:00
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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
Comments:
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.
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James