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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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Talkblock
Created by: tituba
Pronunciation: talk-block
Sentence: she was talkblocking him when he was trying to work
Etymology: talkblock- to interupt when somebody is doing something important and have all the attention on you.
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
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
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)
Corpuspress
Created by: Haydon
Pronunciation: Corp us press
Sentence: She corpuspressed her friend to death.
Etymology: Corpus- body press- to press against
Habitchual
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: hab-itch-chew-ul
Sentence: Betty didn't know what"patience" or "personal space" meant. She was an office habitchual, who hides behind filing cabinets, under desks, and once in the men's room in order to get attention and her usually crabby point across.
Etymology: habitual+bitch
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COMMENTS:
I think I know her!! lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-12: 00:15:00
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Clingerlonger
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kling er long er
Sentence: It was obvious to all that Lena liked Leon and became a clingerlonger to him at work. She would not leave his side and this annoyed him no end. He decided to learn another language to express his real feelings to her, as he was too scared to astatres them in English. So he spoke Klingon to the Clingerlonger, as leaving him alone seemed an alien concept to her.
Etymology: Clinger (someone who resists separation) & Linger (remain present) & Longer (a person with a strong desire for something;more time)
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.
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"
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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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