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pause button 

a pause button is the big bar on your keyboard, and it is used for when someone is talking to you AND YOU FUCKING PAUSE THE SHIT YOU HAVE ON
person- "i gotta tell you something about my day."
tv watcher- "alright, let me pause this movie." ( uses pause button)
person- *tells the about their day*

Pause Button OCD 

This is the game given to the habit of some people of pausing TV shows or films mid-flow in order to read text that is displayed on screen.

This phenomenon wasn't very common a couple of decades ago, but the ability to pause a TV show or film and retain crystal clear quality has caused the occurrences of this to rise in number. Often the people pausing the screen will pause in the hopes of learning some extra information about what's going on or maybe see some inside jokes. While sometimes they are right, more often than not the information will add nothing to the experience.

Can be very annoying for people who just want to watch the show.
"At least if she has Pause Button OCD it means you can run to the toilet while she reads it"
Pause Button OCD by WatcherMark September 23, 2020

press the pause button 

wait a minute. roots in prehistoric times in digital history with vcrs
hey man, press the pause button, i need to think

pausebuttenism 

One who uses the pause butten repeativly in order to jack-off.
I had a bad case of "pausebuttenism" when watching Morgan Webb review games on X-Play.
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