DEFINITION: v., To compulsively print out paper copies of all electronic files. n., A printing fetish common among paper pushers who suffer from a paranoid fear that their digital files are disintegrating on their hard drives.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Copyiousness: /kop pee us ness/ Mimi O’Graf drove her boss, Savya Treez, crazy because she printed off everything that came through her e-mail…even things sent to her by mistake. She was suffering from a bad case of copyiousness and to try and curb her fetish, Savya denied her request for another filing cabinet. Mimi already had four of them and she’d only worked there a year. “Mimi”, she said, “You are going to have to go through all those files and purge the unimportant. The whole point of us going paperless was to have less paper around!” Said Mimi, “But, Boss, if I have to waste time reading all the old e-mails, I will get behind in printing off the new ones!” “That’s it, Mimi!” said Savya, “I am calling the producers of “Intervention” and “Hoarders” to get you some help!!!” Etymology: Copy (a reproduction of a written record) & Copiousness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)
Created by: Nosila.

Hypocopya: /high-po-copy-a/ Jen had hypocopya and regarded her copier key as a datalisman which would protect her from losing her soul if her hard drive was destroyed. She had joined the office cult of datalism, a belief that the data she created in this life would go with her to the afterlife where she would be judged by the quality of the work she produced. Etymology: hypochondria: abnormal anxiety about the state of one’s health + copy Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Hypocopya:

Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:12:00
datalism, good word

Papyrulimia: /puh-pahy-ruhlim-ee-uh / With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Jenny slowly descended the long, lonely path of papyrulimia where she continuously feed the photocopy machine as much paper as it could swallow and with great satisfaction watched it spew out copy after copy after copy.

Etymology: PAPYRULIMIA – noun – from PAPYRUS (paper) + BULIMIA (an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Papyrulimia:

Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:10:00
good, but icky!

Documental: /däkyəməntl/ Millie doesn*t trust computers. She prints out every e-mail, report and memo that comes her way. She is so documental that she even prints notices from her e-mail service telling her that her inbox is over its limit. She spends so much time sorting and filing her paper that she barely has any time to do her work as an efficiency expert. Etymology: document (a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record) + mental (insane; crazy) Created by: artr.

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