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'How many trees did you kill to print that?'

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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Duplomat

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: dupe/low/mat

Sentence: She was the office duplomat with a duploma in duplicating.

Etymology: diplomat + duplicate

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Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:30:00

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Xerobsession

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: zee robs esss yun

Sentence: her boeese reaction to her xerobsession, when discovered, was unprintable.

Etymology: xerox obsession

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

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Epsonatrix

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: Ehp-sun-ate-ricks

Sentence: The time that Carla spends at the office printer making hard copies of every email proves that she is an Epsonatrix in the worst way. She even prints her SPAM.

Etymology: Epson (type of printer) + dominatrix (person often associated with fetishes)

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Papyrulimia

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: puh/pahy/ruhlim/ee/uh

Sentence: With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Sally 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: papyrus (PAPER) + bulimia

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Interesting and great blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:34:00

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Afourrhea

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Ey-fawr-REE-uh

Sentence: As copy after copy poured from Roxie's printer, fellow worker worried that her afourrhea would become dendricidal. Indeed, sadly, many years previuosly, 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.

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Reprobsession

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: REP-robe-seshyn

Sentence: Felicity was overwhelmed by a nagging reprobsession with her emails, office correspondence and other kinds of on-line data and she compulsively printed out everything and sometimes made double copies to 'be sure' she had it covered.

Etymology: Blend of 'reproduce' (To make a copy of) and 'obsession' (the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc)

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Fileanthropist

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: file/an/throw/pist

Sentence: 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

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COMMENTS:

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

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

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

"curses - filed again" - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 11:58:00

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

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

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Leafloose

Created by: NeuroGlyph

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Papyrulimia

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: puh/pahy/ruhlim/ee/uh

Sentence: 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)

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COMMENTS:

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

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

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

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

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Reamdundant

MrDave2176

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: ream-DUN-dant

Sentence: Tom asked Carol to print out his email, fax copies to the field office and make reamdundant copies of the faxed copy for the office files. Carol considered Tom's faxation to be just a small sample of his neurotronic diskorder. faxation = a complete misunderstanding of how faxes work (believing that the original is somehow magically sent to the other location). neurotronic diskorder = ascribing physical properties and attributes to digital files (degrading condition, "originals", organization, etc.)

Etymology: ream (a measure of quantity for paper[500 sheets]) + (re)dundant; fax + (fix)ation; neuro(tic )+ (elect)tronic; disk + (dis)order

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you obviously work in a busy office!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 12:50:00

MrDave2176 Actually I am an out of work PHP programmer in MD. if you have any work let me know! - MrDave2176, 2007-11-07: 13:45:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-07: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'

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