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DEFINITION: v. To compulsively wash and excessively reuse "disposable items", like paper cups, plastic utensils or kleenex tissues. n. An obsessive compulsion to reuse disposable items, often combined with a disposal inhibition.
Verboticisms
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Repsycholist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: re/sahy/koh/list
Sentence: Janice was our neighbourhood repsycholist who not only reclaimed kleenex from the street gutter for her children to use, but also cigarette butts for her husband.
Etymology: recyclist + psycho
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Nosila, 2008-04-19: 00:38:00
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Recyclivity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re - syke - LIV - uh - ty
Sentence: Belinda's propensity for saving and recycling any all all manner of disposable materials had evolved into full blown, out of control recyclivity.
Etymology: Blend of recycle and proclivity (habitual inclination or tendency)
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COMMENTS:
We should all have a proclivity for recyclivity, especially with Earth Day coming on Apr.22 ... good one, Mustang! - Nosila, 2008-04-18: 01:21:00
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Uberuseabuse
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: oober-yoos-a-byoos
Sentence: The whole family was suffering from Nanna's uberuseabuse since it had progressed from crocheting floor rugs from plastic breadbags to soaking bandaids in bleach and then smearing some adhesive on them to re-stick them on the grandkids grazed knees.
Etymology: uber (over) + use + abuse (what happens when you force someone to re-use their disposable nappy or bandaid)
Recyclomaniac
Created by: ziggy
Pronunciation: re-si-clo-may-ni-ac
Sentence: Poor Della, she was on such a tight income. She was forced to cut corners and tighten her belt but even so...this sight was just ridiculous! There she was, frantically pegging washed toilet tissues to her washing line. She never envisaged this, after all, the lottery millions were supposed to last a lifetime.......
Etymology: Recyclo from recycle and maniac from one possessed!
Papermiser
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: paper+miser
Sentence: Don't be such a papermiser, just throw those old disposable cups out.
Etymology: paper+miser
Reusabull
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ree/yous/a/bull
Sentence: Recycling is a wonderful thing but people who take it to the extreme are full of reusabull.
Etymology: reusable + bull (shit)
Reinspate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: rē'ĭn-spāt'
Sentence: Regis reinspated his TEXSUN(tm) juice cans for everything from tailpipe patches to pen and pencil holders.
Etymology: reins, means of steering or control; pate, the top of one's head.
Reincarnageation
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: re/in/car/naj/ay/shyn
Sentence: The butcher practices reincarnageation by using leftover bones to make wind chimes.
Etymology: reincarnation + carnage
Tossaphobia
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: toss uh foh bee uh
Sentence: Debbie stared up at the clothesline and started adding it all up: the hanging toilet paper, the compost piles, the stacks of newspapers and half-opened junk mail in the family and living rooms, the baskets of trash and used personal items organized by type in the backyard and the garage, and the old clothes in the hallways and spare bedroom, the basement full of broken, loose and dismantled electronic equipment. When pressed about the sheer oddity of the picture, Nancy just shrugged her shoulders and said, "I just can t bare to throw theses things out becuase we can reuse them." Debbie thought these folks suffered from tossaphobia, the inability to throw anything away.
Etymology: Toss - to throw away and phobia - fear of
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COMMENTS:
Good one...an obsessive/compulsive thingy. - Nosila, 2008-04-19: 00:37:00
I like this one... it's the genetic hoarder's disease! - Raquelle, 2008-04-19: 03:21:00
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Repsyclo
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: ri-sai-klō
Sentence: Genie found out at Rita's birthday party that Rita is a repsyclo when the paper cups that Rita just brought out from a badly crumpled plastic bag all have multiple old lipstick marks on them!
Etymology: From 'recycle' and 'psycho'.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James