Verboticism: Threeember
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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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."
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
Prodnoticate
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Prod-not-icate
Sentence: Carol drooled as the waiter read back her order: "Garlic bread with cheese ... Gnocchi with pesto ... a side order of prodnotication with pencil shavings. 6H or HB?"
Etymology: Prod - To poke; remind. Note - to make particular mention of in writing. Suffix
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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Missiveous
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: miss/ee/vee/us
Sentence: To be missiveous is to play havoc with post-it notes
Etymology: mischievous + missive
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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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
Threeember
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: three-em-bur
Sentence: Sue used to threember her daily routine down to the last detail. When her boss made her get rid of all her mnemontacks, she ran out of gas twice, lost 10 pounds by forgetting to eat, and forfeited her chance for a big promotion for forgetting to attend a meeting with an important client.
Etymology: 3M - the inventor of post-its; remember (I wanted to write this word 3Mber, but "3" is not allowed.)
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Writualistick
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: riyt-yu-wul-is-tik
Sentence: one look at his work station and it was clear how writualistick he had become
Etymology: write, ritualistic, stick
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COMMENTS:
Trifecta! A Bonus for working in 3 words so well. Great word. - Scrumpy, 2007-09-24: 09:25:00
Ditto! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-24: 18:55:00
missed this one yesterday riki - very good word - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-25: 13:29:00
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