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DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
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Circumdocutation
Created by: hanumanu
Pronunciation: sir-kum-dock-you-TAY-shun
Sentence: Must you obsess in your circumdocutation? Just sharpen the danged thing already!
Etymology: Like circulocution - talking in circles - this is reading instructions in an obsessively concentric way.
Diavamentitis
Created by: sisica
Pronunciation: diyah-vah-men-TYE-tis
Sentence: My case of diavamentitis is so severe that I can spend an entire evening reading an instruction manual and still have a floor full of screws, dowels, and boards. Of course, I still have no desk. That's why the computer is sitting on the box that the desk came in.
Etymology: Greek word for read "diavazei." "Ment" would refer to mental, and "itis" would be the condition. Therefore, it's the mental condition of reading.
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.
Reast
Created by: evitameanslife
Pronunciation: Re - a - st
Sentence: We can figure this out practically, we dont need tips , stop being a reast.
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Manualmania
Created by: mgood
Pronunciation: man-u-al-ma-ni-a
Sentence: Man, he has a really bad case of manualmania!
Etymology: combined manual with mania
Brainjamming
Created by: josje
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COMMENTS:
brainjamming wil pull the contents in your head to overloead proportions. - josje, 2006-12-21: 02:03:00
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Prodification
Created by: dastickney
Pronunciation: Prod-I-Fi-Ka-Shun
Sentence: As he was deep into prodification, he soon realized that he was able to once again use his manual can opener.
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Manualmentia
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: man-u-al-men-sha
Sentence: She should be versed in operating this device after all her manualmentia.
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