Verboticisms

Created by: Floatzilla

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Created by: NeuroGlyph

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Created by: looseball

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: sy-kot-ih-kop-ee

Sentence: Studies have shown that most office workers over the age of 50 have succumbed to varying degrees of psychoticopying during their tenure.

Etymology: psychotic + copy

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another great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 10:38:00

Looks good:great symmetry about it! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:39:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: file/an/throw/pist

Sentence: Noted for her many benevolent efforts, the famous fileanthropist Felicity Fileworthy established a museum for the printed word. The building itself is constructed of papier mache.

Etymology: file + philanthropist

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Papier mache, a nice touch. - artr, 2008-10-06: 06:16:00

Nice! - TJayzz, 2008-10-06: 06:50:00

So you dabble in fileanthropy? - zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 10:51:00

"curses - filed again" - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 11:58:00

haha - zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 13:47:00

Good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-07: 04:48:00

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Puh-PIE-ruhsh

Sentence: Leighann knew that CDR media was totally reliable to store hundreds of her digital documents for years, but sadly they never gave her the same papyrush as the fresh smell of laser copies and printouts.

Etymology: Papyrus: classic Egyptian paper + Rush: an intoxicating wave of euphoria.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: puh/pahy/ruhlim/ee/uh

Sentence: With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Jenny slowly descended the long, lonely path of papyrulimia where she continuously feed the photocopy machine as much paper as it could swallow and with great satisfaction watched it spew out copy after copy after copy.

Etymology: PAPYRULIMIA - noun - from PAPYRUS (paper) + BULIMIA (an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting)

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very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:19:00

Thanks for the mental picture. I can't look at a printer the same way again... Good one. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 13:48:00

Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-10-06: 16:56:00

Terrific blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-07: 04:49:00

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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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nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 12:00:00

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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.

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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)

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