buttinsky
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9.9
- noun
- /bʌˈtɪnski/
- Offensive
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entrometido
- And is the entire notion of CPS being patriarchal, antifeminist, and a buttinsky?
Examples
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And I'm no buttinsky, either.
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I don't want to be a buttinsky but what exactly is going on?
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I mean, the buttinsky aspect of CPS is well-recognized.
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I'll fix Mr. Buttinsky.
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Bunch of crazy buttinskies with dandruff on their shoulders and holes in their pants.
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And is the entire notion of CPS being patriarchal, antifeminist, and a buttinsky? If not, we're talking threshold, not principle.
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Anyone who feels that homebirth is insufficiently safe for others' thresholds of safety is, to put it politely, a buttinsky.
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Whenever there's a family argument, my sister always has to play the buttinsky and give her unwanted advice.
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He acts like a buttinsky, always poking his nose into other people's business without being asked.
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Nobody likes a buttinsky who meddles in matters that do not concern them.
Synonyms
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7.1
A person who asks too many questions about other people's private lives
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6.6
A person who gets involved in other people's business and annoys them
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8.3
A person who asks too many private questions about others
How Intrusive
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8.9
- Offensive
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9.9
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6.6
- Offensive
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7.1
- Offensive
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
buttinsky = butt + in (transparent) = butt + in + sky
The meaning is directly predictable from the phrasal verb 'butt in' plus the informal agentive suffix '-sky', yielding 'a person who butts in'.
Etymology
Buttinsky comes from the phrase butt in ('to interrupt' or 'come between') with a joking surname ending -sky, as if someone were named 'Mr. Buttinsky' who always butts into conversations. So a buttinsky is an informal, playful name for a person who meddles or interrupts others.