Verboticism: Philpop
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.
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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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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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Mousekesteer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mouse/ke/stere
Sentence: Our new IT manager is a mousekesteer and constantly hovers over anyone trying to figure out any computer problem.
Etymology: mouse + steer + mouseketeer
Focusquid
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: foh-kuh-skwid
Sentence: Denise is the office focusquid. She can slip quietly into your space and slowly wrap her tentacles around you until you have no choice but to be totally focusquid on her.
Etymology: focus (center of attention) + squid (any of several ten-armed cephalopods)
Awenshake
Created by: mariangela
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Who do you think you are, awenshaking me like that? Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency for me. Go wait your turn!"
Etymology: inspired by shock & awe campaign.
Harrasex
Created by: samikhalid
Pronunciation: her-as-ex
Sentence: she hassasexed me during work.
Etymology: harrasex- annoying someone for certain reasons
Embarrharass
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: em - bare - har - ass
Sentence: Mariah chose the worst times to embarrharass Charlie for attention. The last time she did this, he was on the phone with a prospective customer trying to close a sale. When Charlie was in these situations, Mariah knew that he was "trapped" and had to acknowledge her, even if it was in a negative way.
Etymology: embarrass (cause to feel self-conscious,to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert), harass (annoy continually or chronically)
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COMMENTS:
Mariah is a tension getter! - Nosila, 2009-05-19: 18:12:00
Good one. - Mustang, 2009-05-20: 00:32:00
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Smotherlover
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: smuthr-luvr
Sentence: Andrea was an annoying smotherlover, believing that by dominating the time and attention of others she was giving them her affection, not realizing she was being extremely annoying.
Etymology: Blend of smother and lover
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COMMENTS:
It's also what you call someone who loves the Smothers Brothers! Good Word - Nosila, 2009-05-19: 18:11:00
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Trailgrate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: trail/grate
Sentence: Cindy would trailgrate her friends so closely that they often collided. They took to wearing inner tubes to define their personal space.
Etymology: trail (follow closely) + grate (get on one's nerves) + tail gate
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COMMENTS:
Very good!! - Mustang, 2008-04-12: 00:13:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-12: 02:34:00
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Endotopamaniac
Created by: beardo
Pronunciation: Endo-topuh-maniac
Sentence: My wife's side of the family are all endotopamaniac.
Etymology: Endo- Within top- Place -maniac- one having a madness or passion for