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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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Tangilitis
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: tān'jil-ītis
Sentence: Apparently unaware that her office had "gone paperless" for a reason, Angie cheerfully printed out ream after ream of online receipts, records and emails. Her sympathetic coworkers believed she suffered from a severe case of tangilitis.
Etymology: From tangible: capable of being touched; and -itis: excessive preoccupation with, indulgence in, reliance on, or possession of the qualities of
Substantialiate
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.
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
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)
Pulpliferation
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)
Pasterpulp
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: pas-ter-pulp
Sentence: No one from the "Green Club" favoured Susan's actions when she started pasterpulping frantically.
Etymology: paste (print), pulp (element of paper)
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COMMENTS:
my fourth creation - leechdude, 2007-11-07: 22:37:00
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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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Inkjedi
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: i ng k jedˌī
Sentence: Lewis didn't didn't care that he was burning through reams of paper for he was an InkJedi. He was saving the company e-files from the dark force that causes documents to go stale if they sit too long on the server. Forget that most of this stuff should have deleted soon after it was created, Lewis kept himself busy lining his squirrel's nest of an office with papers he could never find if he had to. It made him feel at one with the Force even if it kept him from getting any real work done.
Etymology: ink-jet (a printer in which the characters are formed by minute jets of ink) Jedi (a member of the mystical knightly order in the Star Wars films, trained to guard peace and justice in the the universe)
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COMMENTS:
He was probably responding to the voices coming from the stacks of pristine paper - "Luke - I am your fodder". - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:24:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
remistram - 2007-11-07: 09:09:00
I worked with someone like this!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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