Meaning & use
buttinsky
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a person who habitually interrupts or intrudes into other people's conversations or business
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Nobody invited her opinion, but the office buttinsky chimed in anyway.
He's such a buttinsky that he can't walk past two coworkers talking without joining in.
A note on using this word
This playful American slang word blends 'butt in' with the mock-Slavic suffix '-sky,' a pattern also seen in words like 'nogoodnik.'
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