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Created by: looseball

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Created by: Eyeshah

Pronunciation: /tem-print-MEN-tul/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: brink jet

Sentence: Sally was on the brinkjet of rainforest annihilation while printing off every online e-mail and report in her company. Thanks to her boss who caught her in time, the forests in North and South AMerica can now rest easier.

Etymology: Brink (the limit beyond which something happens or changes) & Inkjet (type of computer printing that creates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper)

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Created by: WriteBrighton

Pronunciation: Rug-hay-pur

Sentence: The office rughaper would be arrested for raping trees without consent or consideration if Mother Nature was in charge of the law.

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2nd Choice: KINKBLOTCH - WriteBrighton, 2018-03-04: 14:38:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: puhlp-lif-uh-rey-shuh n

Sentence: Joanne doesn't trust her computer. As many times as it has rebelled against her will and done what it logically wants to, she prints out all of her email. To add to the pulpliferation she proofreads each one, corrects grammar and spelling and prints them again.

Etymology: pulp (any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper) + proliferation (a rapid and often excessive spread or increase)

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Created by: Floatzilla

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: reh-prob-SESSD

Sentence: Millicent is reprobsessed, burdened by a perceived 'need' to print out everything from her emails, office correspondence, on line bill payments, and other kinds of on-line data that she is inundated with daily.

Etymology: Blend of 'reproduce' (To make a copy of) and 'obsessed' (the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea)

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Created by: Sambloom

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Created by: aiiden

Pronunciation: prynt-raht

Sentence: Rachel printrat's so much crap mail, her office files take up less space.

Etymology: print-rat

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