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DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
Verboticisms
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Prodification
Created by: dastickney
Pronunciation: Prod-I-Fi-Ka-Shun
Sentence: As he was deep into prodification, he soon realized that he was able to once again use his manual can opener.
Etymology:
Readiteration
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: ree-DIT-ter-A-shun
Sentence: The young man realized he had fallen into his readiterative tendencies yet again after taking hours to read one sentence repeatedly in order to fully understand how to use his pencil.
Etymology: a blend of read + reiteration
Manualoticulus
Created by: leaffan001
Pronunciation: man-u-ol-tick-ul-us
Sentence: Wanting to know everything.
Etymology: From the english word manual.
Ocdvd
Created by: vetmommy2
Pronunciation: "Oh-Cee-Dee-Vee-Dee"
Sentence: Don't be so OCDVD, put down the instructions and just turn the thing ON!!
Etymology: from the DSM-III Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and DVD- digital video disc.
Producrastinal
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: Pro-duh-cras-tin-al
Sentence: He was so producrastinal about he stereo that it was still in bubble wrap after 3 weeks.
Etymology: Product + Procastination
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COMMENTS:
Alec, you are very funny! - wordmeister, 2006-10-19: 22:10:00
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Dysmanuorrhea
Created by: Elfie
Pronunciation: dis-man-war-REE-ah
Sentence: He suffered acute dysmanuorrhea with every software upgrade, overwhelmed by the sheer detail in each new agreement.
Etymology: dys - bad, difficult manuo - derived from "manual" orrhea - excessive discharge of key information from the brain
Documentia
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Through his persistent reading of warranties, he was slipping further and further into documentia
Etymology: document + dementia
Mansessivetism
Created by: duriano
Pronunciation: man-se-sif-ti-zem
Sentence: His mansessivetism drives me crazy everytime I ask him about the washing machine.
Etymology: manual + obsesssive
