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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.
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Printpulsion
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: print pul sion
Sentence: When Bob became smitten with printpulsion, his apartment quickly became a recycler's paradise.
Etymology: Print (to print with an electronic printer) & compulsion (impulse to act regardless of rationality)
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 12:00:00
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Hoardcopy
Created by: madprime
Pronunciation: hord - cop - ee
Sentence: "Emily keeps tying up our printer, making hoardcopies of all her emails."
Etymology: hoard + hardcopy
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-07: 13:27:00
Fantastic and very South African! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:33:00
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Printophilia
Created by: Andlat
Pronunciation: prin-toe-phee-lee-uh
Sentence: She had such a bad case of printophilia that she printed out her entire hard drive.
Etymology: Print+philia (Grk. for love)
Documentia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dok-yuh-MEN-sha
Sentence: As memomagma poured from Roxie's printer, fellow worker worried that her documentia would become dendricidal.
Etymology: Blend of document & dementia.
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COMMENTS:
So clever!! Almost.... too clever... - libertybelle, 2007-11-07: 09:14:00
I think most lawyers suffer from this disease. - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 09:40:00
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Printrat
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: prynt-raht
Sentence: Rachel printrat's so much crap mail, her office files take up less space.
Etymology: print-rat
Addoction
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: uh-dok-shuh n
Sentence: Larry’s insistence that every piece of electronic communication coming into his legal office be printed was just another sign of his addoction.
Etymology: Doc: abbr Document: Latin documentum; A written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence. + Addiction: Latin addictiōn; The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something.
Compulsaprintia
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: com-pul-sa-prin-tia
Sentence: It had some years now since Erin had suffered from compulsaprintia, as her bulging file cabinets proved.
Etymology: compulsa (compulsive) (print)
Brinkjet
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: brink jet
Sentence: Sally was on the brinkjet of rainforest annihilation while printing off every online e-mail and report in her company. Thanks to her boss who caught her in time, the forests in North and South AMerica can now rest easier.
Etymology: Brink (the limit beyond which something happens or changes) & Inkjet (type of computer printing that creates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper)
Hypocopya
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: high-po-copy-a
Sentence: 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
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COMMENTS:
datalism, good word - Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:12:00
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Datascriber
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: da-ta-screye-bur
Sentence: Vicki's such a datascriber there's no paper left in the whole office!
Etymology: data + scribe (writer)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
remistram - 2007-11-07: 09:09:00
I worked with someone like this!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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