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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who has an obsessive need to exert control over people and situations.
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- noun A person who is excessively
controlling anddomineering . - noun A
tyrant ormanipulator .
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- noun someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people
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bilby commented on the word control freak
Knock knock?
Who's there?
Control freak. Now, you say "control freak who?"
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December 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word control freak
Haha!
December 9, 2008