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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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Jimadybobalingly
Created by: jimadybobalon
Pronunciation: jim-ady-bob-al-ing-ly
Sentence: I have to sharpen my pencil jimadybobalingly!
Etymology:
Stupdocness
Created by: svasiljeva
Pronunciation:
Sentence: stupdocness is his usual condition for 3 days after buying a new thing
Etymology: stupid reading of documentation
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COMMENTS:
stupid reading of documentation - svasiljeva, 2006-12-17: 09:15:00
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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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Docusess
Created by: grant0
Pronunciation: Doc-you-ssess.
Sentence: She is TOTALLY docusessed.
Etymology: Documentation + obsessed.
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!
Intrinsication
Created by: Manhattan
Pronunciation: In-trin-sick-ae-shun
Sentence: He used the powerful method of intrinsication to fill his head with every single piece of data on the use of and warranty information of pencils, short of watching some sort of documentary or special on pencils and such related products.
Etymology: The word intrinsic, meaning "of it's nature" with the suffix -tion.
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COMMENTS:
- Manhattan, 2006-12-23: 16:23:00
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Manualmentia
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: man-u-al-men-sha
Sentence: She should be versed in operating this device after all her manualmentia.
Etymology:
Docromaniac
Created by: RightOnTheWin
Pronunciation: {Do-crow\maine-knee-ak}
Sentence: Tom, being a docromaniac, couldn’t resist the temptation of opening the watch he bought for his father’s birthday, and reading the instructions. Tom ultimately missed his father’s seventy-eighth birthday, because he got too preoccupied reading the instructions of his father’s watch.
Etymology: Docro (derived from the Latin word doceō)–to instruct. Maniac (from Greek - maniacos)- a person characterized by an inordinate or ungovernable enthusiasm for something- Merriam Webster.
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
