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DEFINITION: v., to post sticky notes all over the place, including sticky notes to remind you to read the previously posted sticky notes. n., an obsessive compulsive dependency on sticky notes.
Verboticisms
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Threembolism
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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Extreamissism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ex stree miz izm
Sentence: Amanda was at that troubled age, you know, at 33, where she was trying to do research for a book. She plastered her house with post-it notes and one had to wonder when and if she would ever refer to them. Her passion for sticky little paper notes was a form of extreamissim. Her logic was that if she wrote a thought or idea on paper, it would get out of her head and leave room for more important things. Wrong! She should go to Quire Practice and get rid of some tension. The sad truth was that her book was about saving trees and using less paper!
Etymology: Extreme (the furthest or highest degree of something;far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree) & Ream (a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires;a large quantity of written matter)& Extremisim (any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies)
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COMMENTS:
Great parable with an ironic twist. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-25: 08:38:00
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Laminaphilia
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
Stickiffiti
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: stik-uh-FEE-tee
Sentence: When Bob started to post strange words on "stick-it-notes", the walls of his home soon began to resemble a crazy man's kaleidscope. And when, upon returning home one day he found the words: "Blissknell, Gloombane and Mindgeld" in Roxie's handwriting on "post-it" notes on the kitchen-table, he started to think that all this stickifitti might have gone a bit too far.
Etymology: Blend of STICK-IT & GRAFFITI
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COMMENTS:
...Another chilling tale! Good one, O-Bob! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-25: 08:40:00
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Chitstick
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
Recogritphobia
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ri - KOG' - rit - fo-bee-uh
Sentence: Jill's vilification of reminders, or "post-it crutches" better known by her colleagues, only magnified her recogritphobia rendering her brain an utter vegetable
Etymology: "re-cog" ( regret or to go backwards (from recognizant : conscious, or recognize ) + "rit" ( from write or to have written) + "phobia" - a fear of...... I FORGOT
Notestuck
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊtstʌk/
Sentence: There's only one way to cure someone who is completely note-stuck. If you steal the sticky note that's supposed to remind them to buy more sticky notes, then when they run out, they'll never remember to buy more and be forced to face reality.
Etymology: One who sticks to sticky notes is stuck to them, and thus "note-stuck."
Ernieitis
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: /Earn-e-i-tis/
Sentence: Sandra had to remind herself to remind herself to remind herself; always busy but never finished, she reminded me of a Jim Hensen creation with a bad case of Ernieitis.
Etymology: Ernieitis is a disease named after the Sesame St. character "Ernie", the constant companion of Burt, much to Burt's chagrin
Stickydiction
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)
Postdependant
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Postdependant - Po'dependant, the ST portion of the word is silent.
Sentence: I hid all the pens in the house and watched my postdependant roommate try to actually use their brain to remember thinsg; funniest day ever.
Etymology: A play on Co-Dependant, a person who is dependant on writing things down in order to remember them. To screw this persons day up, just keep all sources of paper or writing implements away from them.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
You nailed it!
My comment was meant for Nosila.
CLEARLY, and I agree, Nosilla 'stuck' the landing