Interjectors

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. People who break into a conversation or debate with unexpected comments or objections
2. Those who insert remarks abruptly into someone else's speech, often cutting across what is being said
3. Speakers who suddenly add their own words to a discussion, interrupting the flow of talk

Etymology: "Interjectors" is the plural of "interjector," a noun for one who interjects, that is, someone who breaks into a conversation or speech with a remark. The word is built from "interject," which comes from Latin "interjectus," the past participle of "interjicere," meaning "to throw between." The Latin verb combined "inter," "between," with "jacere," "to throw," so the original image is literally of something thrown in among other things. The ending "-or" is the familiar English agent suffix. It arrived through Old French and Latin, where the suffix "-tor" (and its variant "-ator") marked a person who performs an action, and it entered English as a regular suffix to form nouns for doers. Adding it to "interject" gives a straightforward English formation: a person who throws in a comment.