Verboticisms

Created by: gazissax

Pronunciation: la-min-ah-fil-ee-ah

Sentence: Quentin was distressed by Angie's laminaphilia: he could no longer see the refrigerator door because of all the post-it notes she left.

Etymology: laminate-to cover in protective sheeting philia - love of

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: stik-ee-dik-shuhn

Sentence: Allison writes herself notes to make sure she doesn't forget to get things done. Her stickydiction came to fruition when she started writing notes to remind herself to write notes.

Etymology: sticky notes (a usually small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on the back that allows it to adhere to surfaces and be repositioned with ease) + addiction (a habit of activity, often injurious )

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: post-hab-it

Sentence: Marcie developed a posthabit because of her intense attention deficit disorder. She needed sticky notes to remind her of everything and it became posthabitual. One day she had so many things to do that she decided to make a dress entirely of stickynotes. The unusual fashion was noticed by the company's executives and she soon found that she was getting requests to make clothing for the CEOs who needed a lot of meeting reminders. Inspired, she began to create suits, hats and ties made entirely of sticky notes and eventually developed a line of expensive postitwear clothing designed to remind the wearer of appointments, birthdays, and deadlines. After making her fortune selling her sticky clothing creations, she moved into a new line of fashion - velcro playwear for toddlers.

Etymology: post-it: a brand of sticky notes + habit: addiction; repetitive behavior + habit: a distinctive dress or costume

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: noh/tuh/veyt

Sentence: Her yellow stickies posted everywhere keep her notivated and on track to accomplish every deed and detail of the day.

Etymology: note + motivated

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-24: 09:26:00

Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-24: 18:54:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: stikēdikshən

Sentence: Phyllis has been a fan of sticky notes for years. She realized it had become a stickydiction when she found herself writing a note and trying to stick it on her husband reminding herself that he had a doctor’s appointment.

Etymology: sticky (A Post-it note is a piece of stationery with a re-adherable strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces) addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity)

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: chit-stik

Sentence: Dave was such a chitstick that he hung post-its to remind himself to be an obsessive sticky note hanger.

Etymology: chit - (a small or informal note) + stick

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Created by: astorey

Pronunciation: th/ree/em/bowl/ism

Sentence: Margo's productivity--indeed, her very life--was completely obstructed by her compulsion to document every task, thought and reminder onto stickynotes and put them everywhere. The threembolism occurred when she couldn't find the note that told her where to start in processing all the other notes.

Etymology: 3M--creator of the Post-it Note (tm) combined with embolism--The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current.

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COMMENTS:

love it - you and hooterbug are on the same wavelength - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-25: 13:16:00

another good word...it's like a threemergency! - Nosila, 2008-08-25: 22:18:00

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: note-pad-AN-tic

Sentence: Phillip was so notepadantic that he placed post-its on his lunch box to remind himself to eat.

Etymology: notepad + pedantic (to be obsessive about minutia or details)

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COMMENTS:

sorry I missed this - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-25: 13:33:00

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: fix-a-tiv-ation

Sentence: After Steve was fired, his fixativation with "Notes to self" became apparent when a leaf blower was brought in to clear his office.

Etymology: fixative + fixation

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Created by: VersaVice

Pronunciation: hip/noht/ahyzd

Sentence: Hep me! Hep me! I been HYPNOTEIZED!

Etymology: hypnotize, note

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