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Elavoider

By  | April 12, 2010 - 2:39PM

El a void er: - n.  An elevator passenger who pretends not to notice another person rushing to catch the elevator. 

The Elavoider was in no mood to make small talk, so as her neighbor retrieved his mail across the lobby, she looked down at her nails and allowed the doors on the building's only elevator to slide closed. 

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