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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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Reprobsessed
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: reh-prob-SESSD
Sentence: Millicent is reprobsessed, burdened by a perceived 'need' to print out everything from her emails, office correspondence, on line bill payments, and other kinds of on-line data that she is inundated with daily.
Etymology: Blend of 'reproduce' (To make a copy of) and 'obsessed' (the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea)
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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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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Documental
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: däkyəməntl
Sentence: Millie doesn*t trust computers. She prints out every e-mail, report and memo that comes her way. She is so documental that she even prints notices from her e-mail service telling her that her inbox is over its limit. She spends so much time sorting and filing her paper that she barely has any time to do her work as an efficiency expert.
Etymology: document (a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record) + mental (insane; crazy)
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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Papyrush
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.
Fileanthropist
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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COMMENTS:
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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Psychoticopy
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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COMMENTS:
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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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)
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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