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DEFINITION: v. To hover near, or directly on top of, a person who is busy doing something else, in order to force them to immediately surrender their full attention. n. A person who invades other people's private spaces and uses the social discomfort to demand attention.
Verboticisms
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Distracticopter
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: diss-track-tih-cop-tur
Sentence: Making its flybys, Sean the distracticopter, saw me on youtube and he just had to recommend the latest cat video.
Etymology: distraction+helicopter
Trublatcrat
Created by: Maclovin
Pronunciation: turb-lat-crat
Sentence: she is such a big turnlatcrat, i wish she could go away and be a turblatcrat to someone else.
Etymology: turb-disturb lat-to bear crat-one who advocates or practuced rule by
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COMMENTS:
vote 4 me :) - Maclovin, 2011-11-03: 15:02:00
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Constihoveritis
Created by: sjacksonnnn4
Pronunciation: CON-STEE-HUVUR-EYE-TIS
Sentence: Aye this girl has a mad case of constihoveritis!
Etymology: consti- continuous, hover, itis- disease
Ultraturbian
Created by: valevans
Pronunciation: all-tra-turb-e-an
Sentence: At Stewbrine High School Janie was known as an ultraturbian because of her constant annoyances. Whenever her best friend texted during a sleepover Janie would begin to yell and throw things at her to get her attention.
Etymology: ultra-beyond, exceedingly, turb-to disturb
Focusurpest
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fo-cus-your-pest
Sentence: Les was caught in a support queue when the focusurpest showed up. After wading through the phone menu and being forced to listen to 15 minutes of scratchy Vivaldi, he finally heard a barely understandable voice on the line when she appeared saying, "Daddy, something happened." The crunching hard drive would have to wait for another day. He had to save Fluffy NOW.
Etymology: focus: attention, concentration + usurp: to seize and hold + pest: an annoying person or thing
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COMMENTS:
very funny! - splendiction, 2009-05-19: 22:25:00
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Pestaside
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pest a syd
Sentence: Marilyn became a pestaside to Mortimer as he tried to do his work. She was jealous of his phone and computer.
Etymology: Pesticide (a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)& Aside (on side)
Perrevenent
Created by: TommyV
Pronunciation: Per Rev En Ent
Sentence: He's being very perrevenent tonight (Adj.) He's a perrevenent. (Noun)
Etymology: Per - thoroughly, completely Re - again, back Ven - to come Ent - ing
Demandinistical
Created by: shellyb2009
Pronunciation: de/mand/in/ist/tic/cal
Sentence: This lady's spirit is to demandinistical for me to ignor her. I wish she would just leave me be.
Etymology:
Disconcentrator
Created by: Pmac46
Pronunciation: Dis-con-sen-tray-tor
Sentence: The woman was being quite the disconcentrator when she was trying to get Jemal to pay attention to her while he was doing work.
Etymology: Dis-apart + Concentrate-to bring or draw to a common center + or-one who does
Irkanism
Created by: ethancarlyon
Pronunciation: erk-a-nis-um
Sentence: This crazy lady needs to stop irking me!
Etymology: irkanism- to overly annoy or cling to.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by shoeshineboy. Thank you shoeshineboy. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-11: 00:40:00
My verboticism have been updated? Hmm. I think this calls for a grammarauder.
Hey stache, thanks for your gentle grammaraudity. I has fixed the offending word. And by the way, if you notice any other stupid errors -- I mean miscommunications -- let me know and I will fix them. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-11: 17:45:00
you'se welcome.
Today's definition was suggested by shoeshineboy. Thank you shoeshineboy ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by shoeshineboy. Thank you shoeshineboy. ~ James