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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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Pestivaggressive
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: PEST iv a gress iv
Sentence: She stared into his eyes, lay sideways over his keyboard, pestivaggresively, in an effort to get a quick answer.
Etymology: From pest and aggressive - a variation of passive aggresssive. The inflicted feel aggressively pestered by those who persistently invade personal space to get attention.
Hovercopter
Created by: KJHowerter
Pronunciation: Huh-Ver-Cop-Ter
Sentence: "Cindy stop being such a hovercopter! I seriously can't focus with you clogging up my airspace."
Etymology: Hover: n. to remain suspended over a place or object Copter: n. see "helicopter"
Spaceinvade
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: space+invade
Sentence: I had to spaceinvade him to get his attention again.
Etymology: space+invade
Attentaphobia
Created by: taylorhuewe
Pronunciation: Attent a phobia
Sentence: The girl had attentaphobia when she couldnt get her friends attention.
Etymology: phobia- fear
Askinvader
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ask-n-vay-der
Sentence: Alice was such an askinvader to anyone that didn't give her their full attention.
Etymology: Ask - To question and Invade - someone who enters by force in order to conquer.
Insaneclientism
Created by: sydneychapman
Pronunciation: in-sayn-client-ism
Sentence: the man at work couldn't talk on the phone due to the insaneclientism of the woman.
Etymology: insaneclientism- when a client will do anything it takes to get help they need
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
Reptpop
Created by: 751294
Pronunciation: rept-pop
Sentence: She wouldn't stop reptpopping me.
Etymology: rept- creep pop- people
Peraptagregulous
Created by: Mwahaha
Pronunciation: per-rapt-a-gr-egg-u-lous
Sentence: Steven was so desperate to be apart of the Sara's group that he peraptagreguloused their party that night and wouldn't leave Sara alone.
Etymology: per-wrongly+rapt-to seize+greg-the flock/herd+ulous-tending to
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:
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