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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.
Verboticisms
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Printcess
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: print/zess
Sentence: Sally was a printcess obsessed with printing out everything written to her in hopes of finding secret messages from her Prints Charming.
Etymology: print + princess + obsess
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COMMENTS:
very funny - got my vote! - remistram, 2007-11-07: 09:10:00
Good word; hilarious sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:36:00
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Documentia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dok-yuh-MEN-sha
Sentence: As memomagma poured from Roxie's printer, fellow worker worried that her documentia would become dendricidal.
Etymology: Blend of document & dementia.
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COMMENTS:
So clever!! Almost.... too clever... - libertybelle, 2007-11-07: 09:14:00
I think most lawyers suffer from this disease. - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 09:40:00
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Addoction
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: uh-dok-shuh n
Sentence: Larry’s insistence that every piece of electronic communication coming into his legal office be printed was just another sign of his addoction.
Etymology: Doc: abbr Document: Latin documentum; A written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence. + Addiction: Latin addictiōn; The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something.
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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COMMENTS:
Good one. - Mustang, 2008-10-06: 18:58:00
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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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COMMENTS:
Interesting and great blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:34:00
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Copyiousness
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kop pee us ness
Sentence: Mimi O'Graf drove her boss, Savya Treez, crazy because she printed off everything that came through her e-mail...even things sent to her by mistake. She was suffering from a bad case of copyiousness and to try and curb her fetish, Savya denied her request for another filing cabinet. Mimi already had four of them and she'd only worked there a year. "Mimi", she said, "You are going to have to go through all those files and purge the unimportant. The whole point of us going paperless was to have less paper around!" Said Mimi, "But, Boss, if I have to waste time reading all the old e-mails, I will get behind in printing off the new ones!" "That's it, Mimi!" said Savya, "I am calling the producers of "Intervention" and "Hoarders" to get you some help!!!"
Etymology: Copy (a reproduction of a written record) & Copiousness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)
Datascriber
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: da-ta-screye-bur
Sentence: Vicki's such a datascriber there's no paper left in the whole office!
Etymology: data + scribe (writer)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
remistram - 2007-11-07: 09:09:00
I worked with someone like this!
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