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easedropping is an action noun commonly classified as “childhood mangling of adult English”. The origins of this word date back to the spring of 1991, when four-year-old Ivan Workwax was placed on the toilet and told that if he could go potty like a grownup, he would get the unopened Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figure that had been placed on the shelf above him.

“I promise I won’t eavesdrop on you,” Ivan’s mother said before leaving him. The door shut and Ivan was alone. The entire time he stared at the door, never once looking at his intended prize. When, after many minutes had passed, the door opened and Ivan’s mom entered, Ivan still had not accomplished his task.

“I thought you said you had to go.”

“I can’t go now,” Ivan said. “Not when you talked about easedropping on me.”

“But I wasn’t even close to the door.”

“Yeah, but I just thought of you in here easedropping on me.”

“Ivan. What do you mean ‘in here’?”

“Isn’t that what easedropping is?”

“Did you say easedropping?”

“Yeah. Easedropping.”

“What is easedropping, Ivan?”

“Isn’t it when you…stand over me and go potty? Easedrop?”

Flies could have collected in Mrs. Workwax’s mouth then. She left the bathroom to call her husband, who told her to up the medication.

Whatever young Ivan had not created that day, he could be proud knowing he had created something lasting.

in use: “Would you mind leaving the bathroom now? Didn’t your mother ever tell you it’s not polite to easedrop on people?”