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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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Userphobia
Created by: nanaord
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I suffer from userphobia
Etymology:
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
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
Lawyertudity
Created by: mythman
Pronunciation: LOY-yer-TOO-dih-tee
Sentence: Bobby feared the industry--due to their growing lawyertudity--would fine him for sleeping on that side of the mattress.
Etymology: attitudes of lawyers ... if you're not doing what all the words say, we'll sue ya!
Guidenseekindrome
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: guide-in-seek-in-drome
Sentence: People with guidenseekindrome are the reason Poptarts have cooking instructions, and a label saying "DO NOT PUT PACKAGE IN MICROWAVE!"
Etymology: Derived from hidenseekindrome, which we all know is the condition of people that suck at hide-and-seek.
Manualaria
Created by: qwerty
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Due to a serious case of manualaria, Ned rarely tried out new software until weeks after he'd installed it.
Etymology:
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
Warrantedium
Created by: CrayonWarrior
Pronunciation: Wah-ran-tee-dee-um
Sentence: Ethan was contracting major warrantedium after sitting and reading through the terms and conditions of his new telly to check whether he'd still get a refund after his dog peed on it
Etymology: warranty tedium
