Fileanthropist: How many trees did you kill to print that?

DEFINITION: v. tr., 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.

How many trees did you kill to print that?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fileanthropist: /file-an-throw-pist/ Noted for her many benevolent efforts, the famous fileanthropist Felicity Fileworthy established a museum for the printed word. The building itself is constructed of papier mache. Etymology: file + philanthropist Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Fileanthropist:

artr, 2008-10-06: 06:16:00
Papier mache, a nice touch.

TJayzz, 2008-10-06: 06:50:00
Nice!

zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 10:51:00
So you dabble in fileanthropy?

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 11:58:00
“curses – filed again”

zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 13:47:00
haha

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-07: 04:48:00
Good one

Papyrulimia: /puh-pahy-ruhlim-ee-uh
/ With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Jenny slowly descended the long, lonely path of papyrulimia where she continuously feed the photocopy machine as much paper as it could swallow and with great satisfaction watched it spew out copy after copy after copy.

Etymology: PAPYRULIMIA – noun – from PAPYRUS (paper) + BULIMIA (an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Papyrulimia:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:19:00
very funny

zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 13:48:00
Thanks for the mental picture. I can’t look at a printer the same way again…
Good one.

TJayzz, 2008-10-06: 16:56:00
Good one!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-07: 04:49:00
Terrific blend

Xerobsession: /zee robs esss yun/ her boeese reaction to her xerobsession, when discovered, was unprintable. Etymology: xerox obsession Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Xerobsession:

Mustang, 2008-10-06: 18:58:00
Good one.

Afourrhea: /Ey-fawr-REE-uh/ As copy after copy poured from Roxie’s printer, fellow worker worried that her afourrhea would become dendricidal. Indeed, sadly, her mother had succumbed to documentia.
Etymology: Blend of A-FOUR sized paper – the most commonly used paper for printing & RRHEA: a flow, a current. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

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Be Creative,

James