different between buttinsky vs marplot

English

Alternative forms

• buttinski

Etymology

From butt in (“to interject”) +? -sky, humorously modeled after Russian names, early 20th c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?t??nski/

Noun

buttinsky (plural buttinskys or buttinskies)

1. (informal, derisive, Canada, US) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome.

   Synonyms: busybody, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler

2. (telecommunications) (usually buttinski) 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.

See also

English

Etymology

From mar +? plot. In earliest use as a character name in The Busy Body,^[1] by Susanna Centlivre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??pl?t/

Noun

marplot (plural marplots)

1. A meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others. [from 18th c.]
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter XI

     “The old marplot has discovered the baby,” Monica whispered. “I suppose it cried and woke him up, and now he thinks he's witness to a miracle.”

   • 2012, Michael Burleigh, ‘Keeping the Flame Alive’, Literary Review, 402:

     Unthinking Anglo-Saxons regard him as a Gallic marplot, rather than the great twentieth-century statesman he was – certainly the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon.

See also

• gatecrasher, interloper, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, intruder, buttinsky, busybody, yenta

Anagrams

• Lamport