When a visitor stays too long or comes too often: “He ________.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
| NR | 20 |
| WEARS OUT HIS WELCOME | 13 |
| IS A NUISANCE | 4 |
| OVERSTAYS HIS WELCOME | 4 |
| IS A BORE | 3 |
| IS A PEST | 3 |
| MAKES A NUISANCE OF HIMSELF | 3 |
| MAKES A PEST OF HIMSELF | 2 |
| OVERDOES IT | 2 |
| WEARING HIS WELCOME OUT | 2 |
| WORE OUT HIS WELCOME | 2 |
| BORES ME | 1 |
| BORES YOU TO DEATH | 1 |
| COMES TOO MUCH | 1 |
| DAMN NUISANCE | 1 |
| GETS BORESOME | 1 |
| GETS IN THE WAY | 1 |
| GETS TO BE A BORE | 1 |
| GETS TO BE A NUISANCE | 1 |
| HAS WORN HIS WELCOME OUT | 1 |
| IRRITATES ME | 1 |
| IS A STAR BOARDER | 1 |
| IS AN INTRUDER | 1 |
| IS IMPOSING | 1 |
| IS IRRITATING | 1 |
| IS KILLING HIS WELCOME | 1 |
| IS TIRESOME | 1 |
| MAKES A PEST OF HISSELF | 1 |
| OUTSTAYS HIS WELCOME | 1 |
| OVERSTAYED HIS WELCOME | 1 |
| OVERSTEPPED HIS BOUNDS | 1 |
| OVERSTEPPED HIS WELCOME | 1 |
| WEARS HIS WELCOME OUT | 1 |
| WORE HIS WELCOME OUT | 1 |
| WORE ME OUT | 1 |
| WORE MY PATIENCE OUT | 1 |
| WORRIES | 1 |
| WORRIES ME | 1 |
| WORRIES YOU TO DEATH | 1 |
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