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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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Reptpop
Created by: 751294
Pronunciation: rept-pop
Sentence: She wouldn't stop reptpopping me.
Etymology: rept- creep pop- people
Attentaholic
Created by: Jessalynne
Pronunciation: ah-tent-a-haulic
Sentence: My best friend is an attentacholic, she craves attention and needs someone to notice her 24/7.
Etymology: noun-a person that requires an undivided attention 2. person that is addicted to attention
Hovertend
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: huv-er-tend
Sentence: Interaction between members of the Johnson household was sparse. Spencer, who was 6 years old, usually would be off playing with his toys or running around outside with his friends, but whenever his mother or father reached for the phone, like a sixth sense, he would somehow migrate to the area and begin to hovertend until his parents would get fed up and yell at him to leave. Janet tried to get her husband to pay attention to her by hovertending in front of the football game on TV topless while he moved from side to side to see better. Even Noodles the cat would get into the act. Noodles would usually hide or be out of the way of anyone, unless it wanted food. In that case, if would plop down right in front of the TV set or on top of the newspaper while you were reading it until you fed it.
Etymology: hover, to keep lingering about; wait near at hand + tend, To apply one's attention
Harrasex
Created by: samikhalid
Pronunciation: her-as-ex
Sentence: she hassasexed me during work.
Etymology: harrasex- annoying someone for certain reasons
Supertrudia
Created by: lindseyhamrick
Pronunciation: super-tru-dia
Sentence: My friend always has a problem with supertrudia. She can never leave someone alone.
Etymology: super- above, over trud- to push
Phercataoiddaemon
Created by: roulouken331
Pronunciation: Fair-cat-uh-oyd
Sentence: The man's girlfriend was a Phercataoiddaemon; she was constantly demanding he pay attention to her at all hours of the day.
Etymology: Pher- To bear Cata- down oid- like daemon- demon
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COMMENTS:
COOL! - roulouken331, 2011-11-03: 14:42:00
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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
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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Persnoy
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: per-snoi
Sentence: Would you please, Helen, for Heaven's sake, please stop trying to persnoy me to death? Your neediness and attention getting is getting in the way of my enjoying life!
Etymology: per, from perservere; annoy
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COMMENTS:
Interesting word. Don't know why, but your word brings to mind the controversial book, by Philip Roth, later made into film, "Portnoy's Complaint!" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-12: 03:00:00
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Annoyaholic
Created by: ErikLarson
Pronunciation: Annoy-o-holic
Sentence: This girl that's next to me is an annoyaholic.
Etymology: Annoy- wont leave me alone aholic- addicted
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