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button-bastardry

noun /but-un-bas-tar-dree/

An act of pure, unadulterated urban malice, denying a fellow human access to a vertical transport box out of sheer impatience.

“I engaged in total button-bastardry to avoid sharing the lift with my boss.”

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noun
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/but-un-bas-tar-dree/

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