Verboticisms

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Puh-PIE-ruhsh

Sentence: Leighann knew that CDR media was totally reliable to store hundreds of her digital documents for years, but sadly they never gave her the same papyrush as the fresh smell of laser copies and printouts.

Etymology: Papyrus: classic Egyptian paper + Rush: an intoxicating wave of euphoria.

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Prin-ta-file

Sentence: When Susan got a visit from the head of the 'Save the trees campaign', she realised she had become a compulsive printaphile. She promised that she would get help for her addiction and vowed she would try to keep her fondness for printing out all her personal files to a bare minimum in the future.

Etymology: Print(produce a paper copy,(information stored on a computer) + Phile(combining form denoting a person having a fondness for or tendency towards a specific thing) ORIGIN Greek 'loving' = Printaphile. See also File(a collection of data stored on a computer)

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COMMENTS:

great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:26:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: puh/pahy/ruhlim/ee/uh

Sentence: With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Sally slowly descended the long, lonely path of papyrulimia where she continuously feed the photocopy machine as much paper as it could swallow and with great satisfaction watched it spew out copy after copy after copy.

Etymology: papyrus (PAPER) + bulimia

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COMMENTS:

Interesting and great blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:34:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: zee robs esss yun

Sentence: her boeese reaction to her xerobsession, when discovered, was unprintable.

Etymology: xerox obsession

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COMMENTS:

Good one. - Mustang, 2008-10-06: 18:58:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: print/zess

Sentence: Sally was a printcess obsessed with printing out everything written to her in hopes of finding secret messages from her Prints Charming.

Etymology: print + princess + obsess

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COMMENTS:

very funny - got my vote! - remistram, 2007-11-07: 09:10:00

Good word; hilarious sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:36:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: print-ah-file

Sentence: when he finished printing out every file he had that was related to 'paper wastage in modern society', he realised he was a hopeless printaphile

Etymology: print a file, the suffix 'phile'

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COMMENTS:

excellent word - very usable - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 09:41:00

Excellent and apt! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:35:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: däkyəməntl

Sentence: Sarah doesn’t trust her computer. Somebody warned her that her PC might be infested with free radicals. Instead of having a virus, her system might have a cancer. She is more than a little documental, printing every document that comes her way. Now if she could just learn to file them so that she could find them again.

Etymology: document (a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record) + mental (of, relating to, or suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind)

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Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: clear-ick-al-a-mity

Sentence: A colossal clericalamity, Jane had changed the lock for the photocopy room and insisted that all office correspondence pass through her in order to be categorized by a colour coding that she had devised.

Etymology: clerical+calamity

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: däkyəməntl

Sentence: Millie doesn*t trust computers. She prints out every e-mail, report and memo that comes her way. She is so documental that she even prints notices from her e-mail service telling her that her inbox is over its limit. She spends so much time sorting and filing her paper that she barely has any time to do her work as an efficiency expert.

Etymology: document (a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record) + mental (insane; crazy)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: FRET-oh-file

Sentence: Once again, our office supply budget was maxed out due to Jim and his fretofile problem.

Etymology: fret, file

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COMMENTS:

Simple and complex! Good Word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:32:00

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