My friend who had his boss introduced to me the other day. He (friend’s boss) has his birthday yesterday and we were both invited. My friend said we would surprisingly have fun watching his boss tomorrow at his birthday. And yes we did. His boss is a maniac.
What would you call a person who invites you and others for a party and then gorging most of the food himself and making you uneasy to grab on to something while still saying “come on have something” without even realizing what he is doing.
Added context from comments:
The host (the boss) is intruding on every bit of food that the guests want to put their hands on—like a glutton, making practically everyone disgusted by his unsophisticated-ness. He is digging into anything that we (3 invitees) attempt to or want to eat, so he appears rather crude, uncouth—”peasant like”, at least as shown in movies. Nevertheless he isn’t actually selfish per se, but he isn’t aware of his quirkiness. “Glutton host himself” would be a perfect expression.
Answer
No word comes to mind to exactly describe this behavior, but there are several epithets that might apply:
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philistine (or capitalized Philistine)
a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
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troglodyte
a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character. ; a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
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caveman
a man who behaves in a rough, primitive manner, especially toward women.
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other words are barbarian, vulgarian, boor, lout, brute, uncivilized (use these and a thesaurus to find more)
The philistine, troglodyte, and caveman references might be more applicable than the others, as the caveman types typically don’t know any better or can’t control themselves. This fits one of you parameters.
The other words hint that he should know better (or is capable of learning), but chooses to behave as he does anyway.
I would say the caveman references are stronger invectives than the others.
(Definitions from Dictionary.com)
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