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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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Idiosistics
Created by: ElBuro
Pronunciation: ID-i-o-SIS-TIKS
Sentence: "Bah, curse my Idiosistics, I hate these warranties, but I just can't put them down!."
Etymology: Idi-from "Idiot". sis- Sounds like a sickness.
Laripeat
Created by: DeltaRho2K
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was mocked for my laripeat behavior, but when the hair dryer fell into the tub, I was saved because the water was not turned on and the tub was empty.
Etymology: LAther - RInse - rePEAT No matter how many times I've read it, I still glance at those stupid instructions every time I shower... You do too... admit it!
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
Rereferenstress
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: ree-ref-ruhns-tres
Sentence: Because of my referenstress it took six hours to build one flatpack chair!
Etymology: combination of "re" "reference" and "stress"
Warrier
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: War-eee-ur
Sentence: Like many disabled persons, Jim was quite the warrier, always reading his wheelchair's warranty.
Etymology: warranty + worrier
Manualmentia
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: man-u-al-men-sha
Sentence: She should be versed in operating this device after all her manualmentia.
Etymology:
Instruchosis
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: in-struh-kO-sis
Sentence: His instruchosis left him unable to assemble even the simplest flat-pack furniture.
Etymology: From 'instructions' + 'psychosis'
Instructivitis
Created by: buck180
Pronunciation: in/STRUK/tiv/eye/tiss
Sentence: Carl's impressive library of instruction manuals and product warranty booklets numbered in the thousands even though his only appliances were a stove, refrigerator, coffee maker, television and an iPod. However, he was definitely the 'go-to' guy for any trouble-shooting questions his friends had when one of THEIR appliances went on the fritz. Even when Bill's John Deere tractor wouldn't start, Carl had the answer.
Etymology: Root word: INSTRUCTIVE - to have knowledge and enjoy giving direction. Medical suffix: +ITIS - from Latin, meaning an inflammation.
Reedovumit
Created by: RachelPhillipson2007
Pronunciation: Read Oh Voomit
Sentence: My sister reads all the time and sometimes she vomits from looking at the paper all the time. I think shes got Reedovumit!
Etymology: Reedo [reading obsessivley] + Vumit [disgusting vomiting every fortnight] = Reedovumit !
