Verboticism: Notivated
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.
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Memocd
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mem oh see dee
Sentence: a bad case of memocd, she noted
Etymology: memo OCD qas in obsessive cumpulsive disorder
Jotmad
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: jot-mad
Sentence: Jenny was jotmad. She was postsessed with 3M squares of paper with adhesive edges. Eventually, she learned how to turn her obsession into art and developed a talent for creating mosaics from pastel paper.
Etymology: jot (to write short notes) + mad (crazy for)
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COMMENTS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ih8gates/sets/444219/ - petaj, 2007-09-24: 03:06:00
Neat link! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-24: 09:30:00
Cool! - remistram, 2007-09-24: 09:40:00
Very pithy and clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-24: 18:52:00
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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."
Fixativation
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
Notivated
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:
good one - Nosila, 2010-01-28: 00:35:00
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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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Notepadantic
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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Notearearioty
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: Note area ryot tee
Sentence: To plot her, well, plot, Minerva, added ideas on sticky notes to her story board. This was her first attempt at writing a book and she found that the notes jarred her memory and helped her to focus on the progression of her writing. By the time she got to Chapter 20, her entire work cubicle area was covered in multi-colored sticky papers. Everyone laughed at her decorating skills. One day she came in to find that all the little papers had fallen to the floor in a colorful blizzard. Minerva's notearearioty came to the attention of the entire office. Her screams were heard all over the building. The book she was working on was tentatively called "Sticky Tickets -How to Keep From Becoming Unglued in Today's Business Climate".
Etymology: Note (Remnder, post-it note;memory jogger)& Area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function;the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;a subject of study) & Riot (a state of disorder;a joke that seems extremely funny) & Notoriety (the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality)
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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