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'Oh yes, I keep notes for everything.'

DEFINITION: v., to post sticky notes all over the place, including sticky notes to remind you to read the previously posted sticky notes. n., an obsessive compulsive dependency on sticky notes.

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Memogamy

Created by: SethelMerman

Pronunciation: Mem-AHH-guh-mee

Sentence: Four of my Five wives agree, I'm really married to post-it notes. Remind me to remind them to not tell the neighbors I practice Memogamy.

Etymology: From (Memo: a note) + (gamy: marriage as in menogamy or polygamy)

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Pafflement

Created by: Durotriges

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Sentence: Penelope was overcome by pafflement as she struggled to remember the purpose for her existence but was unable to find a meaningful answer in the multitude of notes crowding around her.

Etymology: pap/paper+baffle+cement

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Chitstick

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: chit-stik

Sentence: Dave was such a chitstick that he hung post-its to remind himself to be an obsessive sticky note hanger.

Etymology: chit - (a small or informal note) + stick

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Postengrossed

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: poe-st-enn-growst

Sentence: I admit it, I'm postengrossed. This verboticism is totally me.

Etymology: Post from post-it note + engrossed (wholly absorbed) = a good source of your RDA of rhyming goodness.

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COMMENTS:

DrWebsterIII funny and honest !!! - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-25: 15:54:00

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Missiveous

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: miss/ee/vee/us

Sentence: To be missiveous is to play havoc with post-it notes

Etymology: mischievous + missive

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Prodnoticate

Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: Prod-not-icate

Sentence: Carol drooled as the waiter read back her order: "Garlic bread with cheese ... Gnocchi with pesto ... a side order of prodnotication with pencil shavings. 6H or HB?"

Etymology: Prod - To poke; remind. Note - to make particular mention of in writing. Suffix

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Postitchy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: poe sti cheee

Sentence: She was so postitchy, the company auditors found out her stationery bill exceeded her salary. They sent her a short (yellow) memo.

Etymology: post it. itchy as in trigger happy but without the trigger or the happiness.

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Recogritphobia

DrWebsterIII

Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ri - KOG' - rit - fo-bee-uh

Sentence: Jill's vilification of reminders, or "post-it crutches" better known by her colleagues, only magnified her recogritphobia rendering her brain an utter vegetable

Etymology: "re-cog" ( regret or to go backwards (from recognizant : conscious, or recognize ) + "rit" ( from write or to have written) + "phobia" - a fear of...... I FORGOT

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Fixativation

Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: fix-a-tiv-ation

Sentence: After Steve was fired, his fixativation with "Notes to self" became apparent when a leaf blower was brought in to clear his office.

Etymology: fixative + fixation

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Threembolism

Created by: astorey

Pronunciation: th/ree/em/bowl/ism

Sentence: Margo's productivity--indeed, her very life--was completely obstructed by her compulsion to document every task, thought and reminder onto stickynotes and put them everywhere. The threembolism occurred when she couldn't find the note that told her where to start in processing all the other notes.

Etymology: 3M--creator of the Post-it Note (tm) combined with embolism--The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current.

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COMMENTS:

love it - you and hooterbug are on the same wavelength - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-25: 13:16:00

another good word...it's like a threemergency! - Nosila, 2008-08-25: 22:18:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-09-24: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-27: 00:14:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

hyperborean hyperborean - 2012-10-25: 12:37:00
You nailed it!

hyperborean hyperborean - 2012-10-25: 12:58:00
My comment was meant for Nosila.

DrWebsterIII DrWebsterIII - 2012-10-25: 16:07:00
CLEARLY, and I agree, Nosilla 'stuck' the landing