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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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Pulpatic
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: pulp/pah/tic
Sentence: When Josephine offered to print up 50 double sided A5 flyers with details of her family's intervention for her worrying pulpatic behaviour of late, she finally started to believe that they might have a point...
Etymology: Pulp - trees, water and stuff + fanatic/lunatic - one who displays obsessive behaviour
Printcess
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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Papyrush
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.
Datascriber
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: da-ta-screye-bur
Sentence: Vicki's such a datascriber there's no paper left in the whole office!
Etymology: data + scribe (writer)
Documental
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)
Pulpliferation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: puhlp-lif-uh-rey-shuh n
Sentence: Joanne doesn't trust her computer. As many times as it has rebelled against her will and done what it logically wants to, she prints out all of her email. To add to the pulpliferation she proofreads each one, corrects grammar and spelling and prints them again.
Etymology: pulp (any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper) + proliferation (a rapid and often excessive spread or increase)
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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Grand&toytotis
Created by: guyspeller1919
Pronunciation: grand-and-toy-i-toe-tis
Sentence: I had
Etymology: grand and toy a brand of paper
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COMMENTS:
nice job el diablo. impressive. - leechdude, 2007-11-08: 20:20:00
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Epsonatrix
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: Ehp-sun-ate-ricks
Sentence: The time that Carla spends at the office printer making hard copies of every email proves that she is an Epsonatrix in the worst way. She even prints her SPAM.
Etymology: Epson (type of printer) + dominatrix (person often associated with fetishes)
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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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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