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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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Mansessivetism
Created by: duriano
Pronunciation: man-se-sif-ti-zem
Sentence: His mansessivetism drives me crazy everytime I ask him about the washing machine.
Etymology: manual + obsesssive
Fuckedy
Created by: onekid
Pronunciation: fuckedy
Sentence: hm?
Etymology: oo da
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COMMENTS:
uu - onekid, 2007-07-07: 17:15:00
wTF does that even mean?!?! - missmurder, 2007-07-29: 19:03:00
oh i get it lmao!!!! - missmurder, 2007-07-29: 19:03:00
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Documanualist
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: doc u manual ist
Sentence: she was a compulsive documanualist always reading every word before touching any item.
Etymology: from documents manuals and fetishist.
Readiteration
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: ree-DIT-ter-A-shun
Sentence: The young man realized he had fallen into his readiterative tendencies yet again after taking hours to read one sentence repeatedly in order to fully understand how to use his pencil.
Etymology: a blend of read + reiteration
Userphobia
Created by: nanaord
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I suffer from userphobia
Etymology:
Instruxation
Created by: Clay201
Pronunciation: In struc SAY shun
Sentence: When she smiled apologetically and nervously reached into the drawer to pull out the coffee maker manual for what must have been the twentyieth time, I knew she was suffering from instruxation.
Etymology: It's a combination of the words "instructions" and "fixation."
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.