passive aggressive hoarding

passive aggressive hoarding
when someone very subtly and gradually builds up a small area in the home or office of random useless bits of junk, but since it is just one area and relatively small it may not get noticed by others until it's too late and grown in size.

passive aggressive hoarding
Wife to husband 'Jeez whats all this crap in the corner in the kitchen?' Husband says 'I might need that broken cable one day, oh and i need that old mobile phone too, just in case'

This can be a problem for when a couple live in a small apartment and there's no space for a man cave.