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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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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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Carabulation
Created by: Sharpiequeen
Pronunciation: KARE-ab-yoo-LAY-shun
Sentence: He experienced carabulation while reading the manuel of his new stereo.
Etymology:
Documania
Created by: elona
Pronunciation: Dokumania
Sentence:
Etymology: Documentation+mania
Atypetic
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: aye-typ-et-ick
Sentence: OMG she is just so atypetic. She put all of the Ikea instructions into a powerpoint presentation and displayed it on the wall the entire time we were constructing the shelving unit.
Etymology: type-a personality
Hyperinfodocumentitis
Created by: bailandi
Pronunciation: hi-pur-in-foe-dok-u-men-tie-tis
Sentence: One of my grandfather's sypmtom of hyperinfodocumentitus was a drawer full of manuals to antiquated equipment kept by his bedside.
Etymology: Hyper - prefix, beyond, over, above; usually implying excess or exaggeration. "info and documen" signify dealing with information and documents, -itis meaning inflammation, making this sound like a medicial condition.
Referendless
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: Ref Er End Lus
Sentence: Hannah had become very particular about a lot of things in her life and it made her feel in control when everything was working smoothly in her home and the way she used electrical appliancs had to be so precise that she would read each ones user manual repetitivly before she used anything. The doctor had diagnosed Referendless Syndrome and had assured her of the many diferent treatments and therepys used to treat and cure sufferers.
Etymology: References + Endless = Referendless References, to reference a file, or document, user guide. Refer, to read up, to take note from. Endless, having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant: an endless series of complaints; Time is endless. 2.made continuous, as by joining the two ends of a single length: an endless chain or belt. Synonyms: limitless, illimitable, unending, unceasing, continuous, perpetual.
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.
