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'How many trees did you kill to print that?'

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.

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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

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Fearox

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: feer rox

Sentence: Xena,the Printses Warrior, lived in eternal fearox that all her electronic files would be wiped out, so she printed out copies of everything that came through her computer. She requested a bigger office but was miffed when her boss refused. Xena's argument that she needed more storage space for her print-outs fell on deaf ears. Her boss cited paper costs and space shortage as reasons to reduce her paper files. Her viewpoint was further proven when a fire started in the piles of paper Xena had stored behind her desk. Thanks to her, now none of them has any records, or jobs either!

Etymology: Fear (paranoia;afraid) & Xerox (duplicator that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder)

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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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Rughaper

Created by: WriteBrighton

Pronunciation: Rug-hay-pur

Sentence: The office rughaper would be arrested for raping trees without consent or consideration if Mother Nature was in charge of the law.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

2nd Choice: KINKBLOTCH - WriteBrighton, 2018-03-04: 14:38:00

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Temprintmental

Created by: Eyeshah

Pronunciation: /tem-print-MEN-tul/

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Epsonatrix

libertybelle

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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Pulpliferation

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: puhlp-lif-uh-rey-shuh n

Sentence: Joanne doesn't trust her computer. As many times as it has rebelled against her will and done what it logically wants to, she prints out all of her email. To add to the pulpliferation she proofreads each one, corrects grammar and spelling and prints them again.

Etymology: pulp (any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper) + proliferation (a rapid and often excessive spread or increase)

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Diskepticism

Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (n.) dĭs-kěp'tĭ-sĭz'əm, dĭsk-ěp'tĭk;

Sentence: Dr. Tanner's diskepticism has led the members of the office staff to dub him Dr. Xerox.

Etymology: [hard drive] di[sk] + skepticism

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Compulsaprintia

Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: com-pul-sa-prin-tia

Sentence: It had some years now since Erin had suffered from compulsaprintia, as her bulging file cabinets proved.

Etymology: compulsa (compulsive) (print)

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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

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-07: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'

remistram - 2007-11-07: 09:09:00
I worked with someone like this!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-03-04: 00:16:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

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