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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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Papyrulimia
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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COMMENTS:
good, but icky! - Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:10:00
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Eforestation
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
Xerobsession
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: zee robs esss yun
Sentence: her boeese reaction to her xerobsession, when discovered, was unprintable.
Etymology: xerox obsession
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - Mustang, 2008-10-06: 18:58:00
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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.
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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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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Clericalamity
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: clear-ick-al-a-mity
Sentence: A colossal clericalamity, Jane had changed the lock for the photocopy room and insisted that all office correspondence pass through her in order to be categorized by a colour coding that she had devised.
Etymology: clerical+calamity
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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