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Created by: NeuroGlyph

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Created by: Floatzilla

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Ey-fawr-REE-uh

Sentence: As copy after copy poured from Roxie's printer, fellow worker worried that her afourrhea would become dendricidal. Indeed, sadly, many years previuosly, her mother had succumbed to documentia.

Etymology: Blend of A-FOUR sized paper - the most commonly used paper for printing & RRHEA: a flow, a current.

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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: 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: 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: idavecook

Pronunciation: Pul-Pish-O-Feel-E-A

Sentence: Margot's pulpishophelia was starting to get out of hand, since she became the office comptroller.

Etymology: Pulp-makes paper ish-is type of, relating to ophelia-is a hot chick

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Created by: madprime

Pronunciation: hord - cop - ee

Sentence: "Emily keeps tying up our printer, making hoardcopies of all her emails."

Etymology: hoard + hardcopy

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Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-07: 13:27:00

Fantastic and very South African! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:33:00

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Created by: Sambloom

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: reem-luv

Sentence: Every night I hope and pray a reamlover will come my way A girl to hold in my arms and know the magic of her charms 'cause I don't want (want) a file (a fiel) to fall (to fall) apart (apart) I want a reamlover so all my correspondence is truly secure in a filing cabinet

Etymology: ream (pack of paper) + love + dreamlover

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with credit to the misfits - petaj, 2007-11-07: 02:33:00

Love it. Whose been channelling Bobby Darin!? - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 04:58:00

Ancient Egyptians referred to it as papylust. Thanks for ousting Reamweaver from my skull. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-07: 12:03:00

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