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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.
Verboticisms
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Reamlove
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: reem-luv
Sentence: Every night I hope and pray a reamlover will come my way A girl to hold in my arms and know the magic of her charms 'cause I don't want (want) a file (a fiel) to fall (to fall) apart (apart) I want a reamlover so all my correspondence is truly secure in a filing cabinet
Etymology: ream (pack of paper) + love + dreamlover
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COMMENTS:
with credit to the misfits - petaj, 2007-11-07: 02:33:00
Love it. Whose been channelling Bobby Darin!? - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 04:58:00
Ancient Egyptians referred to it as papylust. Thanks for ousting Reamweaver from my skull. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-07: 12:03:00
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Documental
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: däkyəməntl
Sentence: Sarah doesn’t trust her computer. Somebody warned her that her PC might be infested with free radicals. Instead of having a virus, her system might have a cancer. She is more than a little documental, printing every document that comes her way. Now if she could just learn to file them so that she could find them again.
Etymology: document (a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record) + mental (of, relating to, or suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind)
Inkjedi
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: i ng k jedˌī
Sentence: Lewis didn't didn't care that he was burning through reams of paper for he was an InkJedi. He was saving the company e-files from the dark force that causes documents to go stale if they sit too long on the server. Forget that most of this stuff should have deleted soon after it was created, Lewis kept himself busy lining his squirrel's nest of an office with papers he could never find if he had to. It made him feel at one with the Force even if it kept him from getting any real work done.
Etymology: ink-jet (a printer in which the characters are formed by minute jets of ink) Jedi (a member of the mystical knightly order in the Star Wars films, trained to guard peace and justice in the the universe)
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COMMENTS:
He was probably responding to the voices coming from the stacks of pristine paper - "Luke - I am your fodder". - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:24:00
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Fretofile
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: FRET-oh-file
Sentence: Once again, our office supply budget was maxed out due to Jim and his fretofile problem.
Etymology: fret, file
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COMMENTS:
Simple and complex! Good Word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:32:00
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Printcess
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: print/zess
Sentence: Sally was a printcess obsessed with printing out everything written to her in hopes of finding secret messages from her Prints Charming.
Etymology: print + princess + obsess
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COMMENTS:
very funny - got my vote! - remistram, 2007-11-07: 09:10:00
Good word; hilarious sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:36:00
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Printoholic
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say print then o and the holic
Sentence: Hes a printoholic
Etymology:
Pulpatic
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: pulp/pah/tic
Sentence: When Josephine offered to print up 50 double sided A5 flyers with details of her family's intervention for her worrying pulpatic behaviour of late, she finally started to believe that they might have a point...
Etymology: Pulp - trees, water and stuff + fanatic/lunatic - one who displays obsessive behaviour
Printaphile
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: print-ah-file
Sentence: when he finished printing out every file he had that was related to 'paper wastage in modern society', he realised he was a hopeless printaphile
Etymology: print a file, the suffix 'phile'
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COMMENTS:
excellent word - very usable - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 09:41:00
Excellent and apt! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:35:00
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Pasterpulp
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: pas-ter-pulp
Sentence: No one from the "Green Club" favoured Susan's actions when she started pasterpulping frantically.
Etymology: paste (print), pulp (element of paper)
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COMMENTS:
my fourth creation - leechdude, 2007-11-07: 22:37:00
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Pulpgulp
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: pulp-gulp
Sentence: Few coworkers suspected that Kimberly and Zinnia were waging a silent war against each other, but suspicions were raised after Zinnia spearheaded an effort to reduce "pulpgulp" and Kimberly responded by insisting that all correspondence with her desk occur via facsimile.
Etymology: Pulp (mushy mix of paper fibers and water) + Gulp (to consume quickly)

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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