Verboticisms

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: Ehp-sun-ate-ricks

Sentence: The time that Carla spends at the office printer making hard copies of every email proves that she is an Epsonatrix in the worst way. She even prints her SPAM.

Etymology: Epson (type of printer) + dominatrix (person often associated with fetishes)

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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)

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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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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.

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Created by: guyspeller1919

Pronunciation: grand-and-toy-i-toe-tis

Sentence: I had

Etymology: grand and toy a brand of paper

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COMMENTS:

nice job el diablo. impressive. - leechdude, 2007-11-08: 20:20:00

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: ream-DUN-dant

Sentence: Tom asked Carol to print out his email, fax copies to the field office and make reamdundant copies of the faxed copy for the office files. Carol considered Tom's faxation to be just a small sample of his neurotronic diskorder. faxation = a complete misunderstanding of how faxes work (believing that the original is somehow magically sent to the other location). neurotronic diskorder = ascribing physical properties and attributes to digital files (degrading condition, "originals", organization, etc.)

Etymology: ream (a measure of quantity for paper[500 sheets]) + (re)dundant; fax + (fix)ation; neuro(tic )+ (elect)tronic; disk + (dis)order

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COMMENTS:

you obviously work in a busy office!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 12:50:00

Actually I am an out of work PHP programmer in MD. if you have any work let me know! - MrDave2176, 2007-11-07: 13:45:00

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: ee-for-est-station

Sentence: Kellie could never shake the old adage drummed into her since back in the days before eforestation was coined as a winning word on Verbotomy dot com. "If it's not printed out on fan-fold, continuous stripy green paper, it's not backed-up", she'd mumble.

Etymology: (d)eforestation: electronic removal of a forest or stand of trees

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Created by: MissRabbit

Pronunciation: tān'jil-ītis

Sentence: Apparently unaware that her office had "gone paperless" for a reason, Angie cheerfully printed out ream after ream of online receipts, records and emails. Her sympathetic coworkers believed she suffered from a severe case of tangilitis.

Etymology: From tangible: capable of being touched; and -itis: excessive preoccupation with, indulgence in, reliance on, or possession of the qualities of

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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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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)

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