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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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Substantialiate
Created by: serickson
Pronunciation: sub stan shull yate
Sentence: "But it will get lost in the ethers of cyberspace, which is only a fantasy world after all," grumbled Kyle when his boss told him he'd have to pay for the paper he used if he kept on substantialating his email messages. "At least this way I have something I can hold on to. Email messages aren't really real - You don't even have to be a magician to make them disappear. Look at this," he continued, nodding towards the stack of papers that were bowing him down," I can touch these...pant...pant...pant."
Etymology: substantial - solid, heavy, and real. substantiate - to verify that something is indeed something.
Reprobsession
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: REP-robe-seshyn
Sentence: Felicity was overwhelmed by a nagging reprobsession with her emails, office correspondence and other kinds of on-line data and she compulsively printed out everything and sometimes made double copies to 'be sure' she had it covered.
Etymology: Blend of 'reproduce' (To make a copy of) and 'obsession' (the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc)
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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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)
Diskepticism
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) dĭs-kěp'tĭ-sĭz'əm, dĭsk-ěp'tĭk;
Sentence: Dr. Tanner's diskepticism has led the members of the office staff to dub him Dr. Xerox.
Etymology: [hard drive] di[sk] + skepticism
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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Dittolusion
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: dĭt-ō-lōō'-zhən
Sentence: Marlene's desk simply could not handle the weight -- it wasn't built to handle that type of load. Due to her technophrenia, and her compulsion to actually handle these apparently invisible files everyone kept telling her were stored inside her computer, she would print out every single e-mail and add it to the growing stacks, forming a 'literal fort' inside her cubicle. It's obvious that she's suffering from a dittolusion, and her desk finally paid the price.
Etymology: ditto (a duplicate or copy) + delusion (a false belief in spite of invalidating evidence).
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COMMENTS:
Trees actually cringe when Marlene walks by, and printers consider her Satan's avatar. - Tigger, 2007-11-07: 22:31:00
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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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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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