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DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
Verboticisms
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Warrier
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: War-eee-ur
Sentence: Like many disabled persons, Jim was quite the warrier, always reading his wheelchair's warranty.
Etymology: warranty + worrier
Docupulsive
Created by: SlappyDaClown
Pronunciation: Doc-u-pul-sive
Sentence: I think hes somewhat docupulsive about those instructions.
Etymology: Coined by Freud in his massive missive on Compulsions.
Ocdvd
Created by: vetmommy2
Pronunciation: "Oh-Cee-Dee-Vee-Dee"
Sentence: Don't be so OCDVD, put down the instructions and just turn the thing ON!!
Etymology: from the DSM-III Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and DVD- digital video disc.
Repetese
Created by: purpleman
Pronunciation: re/peat/es
Sentence: if u cep getting interupted u will cep repating the same sentence...repetese
Etymology: repeat+coutese
Comperusaltion
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: Com-per-ooze-al-shun
Sentence: As a result of his comperusaltion, James often spent days reading before he even broke the seal on his bottle of cola.
Etymology: Perusal - the action of reading or examining something, Compulsion - an irrisistable urge to behave in a certain way.
Reast
Created by: evitameanslife
Pronunciation: Re - a - st
Sentence: We can figure this out practically, we dont need tips , stop being a reast.
Etymology:
Docuddiction
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: doc-u-dik-shun
Sentence: It started with a simple desire to understand how things work, but it quickly developed into a complete obsession and then a severe docuddiction dependency.
Etymology: document and addiction
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COMMENTS:
"exsiting players" - Players who are fed up with the rules and decide to stage a sit-in before they leave for good :-) - petaj, 2007-02-09: 04:54:00
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Docufetish
Created by: Count
Pronunciation: doc-u-fetish
Sentence: "I hear all she does is read manuals. Man, she must have a serious docufetish."
Etymology:
Manuholic
Created by: eljono
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My name is John and I'm a manuhlolic!
Etymology: Manual + -holic (a combining form extracted from alcoholic)
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COMMENTS:
Good one, because it's clear what this means. The suggestions from other users can often be used for any book or document. - Batavier, 2007-10-05: 10:22:00
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