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DEFINITION: v., To compulsively print out paper copies of all electronic files. n., A printing fetish common among paper pushers who suffer from a paranoid fear that their digital files are disintegrating on their hard drives.
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Printpulsion
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: print pul sion
Sentence: When Bob became smitten with printpulsion, his apartment quickly became a recycler's paradise.
Etymology: Print (to print with an electronic printer) & compulsion (impulse to act regardless of rationality)
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 12:00:00
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Hoardcopy
Created by: madprime
Pronunciation: hord - cop - ee
Sentence: "Emily keeps tying up our printer, making hoardcopies of all her emails."
Etymology: hoard + hardcopy
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-07: 13:27:00
Fantastic and very South African! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:33:00
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Eforestation
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: ee-for-est-station
Sentence: Kellie could never shake the old adage drummed into her since back in the days before eforestation was coined as a winning word on Verbotomy dot com. "If it's not printed out on fan-fold, continuous stripy green paper, it's not backed-up", she'd mumble.
Etymology: (d)eforestation: electronic removal of a forest or stand of trees
Tangilitis
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: tān'jil-ītis
Sentence: Apparently unaware that her office had "gone paperless" for a reason, Angie cheerfully printed out ream after ream of online receipts, records and emails. Her sympathetic coworkers believed she suffered from a severe case of tangilitis.
Etymology: From tangible: capable of being touched; and -itis: excessive preoccupation with, indulgence in, reliance on, or possession of the qualities of
Fretofile
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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Addoction
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: uh-dok-shuh n
Sentence: Larry’s insistence that every piece of electronic communication coming into his legal office be printed was just another sign of his addoction.
Etymology: Doc: abbr Document: Latin documentum; A written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence. + Addiction: Latin addictiōn; The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something.
Hypocopya
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: high-po-copy-a
Sentence: Jen had hypocopya and regarded her copier key as a datalisman which would protect her from losing her soul if her hard drive was destroyed. She had joined the office cult of datalism, a belief that the data she created in this life would go with her to the afterlife where she would be judged by the quality of the work she produced.
Etymology: hypochondria: abnormal anxiety about the state of one's health + copy
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COMMENTS:
datalism, good word - Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:12:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
remistram - 2007-11-07: 09:09:00
I worked with someone like this!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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