Originally posted by justbill:
As in butt-in.
Right. Or buttinsky, another informal term for someone who gets involved where they are not welcome. But do not fall into the "urban legend" trap that, by coincidence, it was invented by a Mr. Buttinsky. That's simply not true.
Of course, you can always refer to them as a Lineman's Test Set. But that's silly. That would be like calling "dykes" something very politically correct like diagonal cutters!
