stay rape
n.— «Stay Rape—My friend Alex invented the phrase “Stay Rape” to describe how you feel when someone overstays their welcome. It has the following subsets: Aggravated Stay Rape—When they’re especially annoying. Statutory Stay Rape—When they bring their kids. Date Stay Rape—When it’s a date who won’t leave. You get the idea.» —“New Words And Phrases” by Lindsay Robertson Lindsayism (New York City) Nov. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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