Verboticism: Recyclomaniac

'Is that toilet paper on your clothesline?'

DEFINITION: v. To compulsively wash and excessively reuse "disposable items", like paper cups, plastic utensils or kleenex tissues. n. An obsessive compulsion to reuse disposable items, often combined with a disposal inhibition.

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Recyclomaniac

Created by: ziggy

Pronunciation: re-si-clo-may-ni-ac

Sentence: Poor Della, she was on such a tight income. She was forced to cut corners and tighten her belt but even so...this sight was just ridiculous! There she was, frantically pegging washed toilet tissues to her washing line. She never envisaged this, after all, the lottery millions were supposed to last a lifetime.......

Etymology: Recyclo from recycle and maniac from one possessed!

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