buttinsky

noun
/bʌˈtɪnski/UK/bʌˈtɪnski/US

Etymology

From butt in (“to join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited, interject”) + -sky (a variant of -ski (suffix added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness, Polishness, or a more general Slavicness)), humorously modelled after Russian surnames, and originally and often used in the form of a surname.

  1. derived from surnames

Definitions

  1. One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome

    One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.

    • I wish I had never met that nosy buttinsky!
    • Well, all right then! If you think I'm a buttinsky, then I'll just butt in!
  2. A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and…

    A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA