attention surplus disorder
n.— «She was extremely intense—that just a minimum phone conversation would be a few hours on the phone. And she wouldn’t even take hints to get off the phone. If someone would say, “Oh, I have to go to the bathroom; I have to get off,” she would say, “Oh, how long will it take you?” and then the person would say “10 minutes,” and then she’d say, “Oh, I’ll call you back in 10 minutes,” and then call back in 10 minutes and talk for another hour. Her husband said that she has something he affectionately called “Attention Surplus Disorder”—where she was so focused and just couldn’t be distracted at all.» —“Finding Iris Chang” by Paula Kamen New America Media Dec. 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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