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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.
Verboticisms
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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
Dittolusion
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: dĭt-ō-lōō'-zhən
Sentence: Marlene's desk simply could not handle the weight -- it wasn't built to handle that type of load. Due to her technophrenia, and her compulsion to actually handle these apparently invisible files everyone kept telling her were stored inside her computer, she would print out every single e-mail and add it to the growing stacks, forming a 'literal fort' inside her cubicle. It's obvious that she's suffering from a dittolusion, and her desk finally paid the price.
Etymology: ditto (a duplicate or copy) + delusion (a false belief in spite of invalidating evidence).
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COMMENTS:
Trees actually cringe when Marlene walks by, and printers consider her Satan's avatar. - Tigger, 2007-11-07: 22:31:00
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Papyrulimia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: puh/pahy/ruhlim/ee/uh
Sentence: With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Jenny 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: PAPYRULIMIA - noun - from PAPYRUS (paper) + BULIMIA (an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting)
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COMMENTS:
good, but icky! - Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:10:00
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Papyrulimia
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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Inkjedi
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: i ng k jedˌī
Sentence: Lewis didn't didn't care that he was burning through reams of paper for he was an InkJedi. He was saving the company e-files from the dark force that causes documents to go stale if they sit too long on the server. Forget that most of this stuff should have deleted soon after it was created, Lewis kept himself busy lining his squirrel's nest of an office with papers he could never find if he had to. It made him feel at one with the Force even if it kept him from getting any real work done.
Etymology: ink-jet (a printer in which the characters are formed by minute jets of ink) Jedi (a member of the mystical knightly order in the Star Wars films, trained to guard peace and justice in the the universe)
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COMMENTS:
He was probably responding to the voices coming from the stacks of pristine paper - "Luke - I am your fodder". - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:24:00
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Reamlove
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: reem-luv
Sentence: Every night I hope and pray a reamlover will come my way A girl to hold in my arms and know the magic of her charms 'cause I don't want (want) a file (a fiel) to fall (to fall) apart (apart) I want a reamlover so all my correspondence is truly secure in a filing cabinet
Etymology: ream (pack of paper) + love + dreamlover
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COMMENTS:
with credit to the misfits - petaj, 2007-11-07: 02:33:00
Love it. Whose been channelling Bobby Darin!? - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 04:58:00
Ancient Egyptians referred to it as papylust. Thanks for ousting Reamweaver from my skull. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-07: 12:03:00
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Rughaper
Created by: WriteBrighton
Pronunciation: Rug-hay-pur
Sentence: The office rughaper would be arrested for raping trees without consent or consideration if Mother Nature was in charge of the law.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
2nd Choice: KINKBLOTCH - WriteBrighton, 2018-03-04: 14:38:00
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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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Xerobsession
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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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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