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buttinsky

but·tinsky

UK/bʌˈtɪnski/ US/bʌˈtɪnski/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

a meddler who tends to butt in

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • back-seat driver
  • peeping tom
  • persona non grata

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