Someone who feels they must treat an escalator as a staircase, bringing guilt to the rest of the parties on the escalator, unless they also do so.
Jane: "Why is that girl bounding up the escalator like it's a flight of stairs? She's making the rest of us look lazy for just standing here riding it!"
Jill: "She's a total escalator overachiever."
A co-worker that lures you in to thinking that mediocrity is commonplace at the office. Just when you think you are both on the same page he or she will make look bad by putting together elite spreadsheets, cutting edge PowerPoints, and insightful talking points at meetings.
John: Where is Lindsay? She normally takes a 2 hour lunch with us?
Jim: Oh you didn't know? Turns out she is a closet overachiever.
much like overactive bladder exept instead of having to pee 30 times a day your mother calls you 30 times a day
mother: HOW ARE YOU??? I havent spoken to you in so long! do you need me to come over there and make you soup?
you:... I'mfine and you called me five minutes ago!
mother: oh well allot can happen in five minutes!oh yes I forgot the soup
you: its fine I really dont need soup for any reason
mother: everyone needs soup! aspecially my baby!
room mate: dude, your mom has a classic case of overactive mother syndrome.
<i>over-achiever</i>
1: A person who is motivated by their ideals. An intra-competitive person often marked by abandoning that which hinders their ideals.
2: One who strives for various degrees of near perfection. see H.U.M.A.S.
3: Someone that desires more than is needed.
The over-achiever would not get married until she found the perfect father for her future babies. She died alone in her early fifties.