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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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Pasterpulp
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: pas-ter-pulp
Sentence: No one from the "Green Club" favoured Susan's actions when she started pasterpulping frantically.
Etymology: paste (print), pulp (element of paper)
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COMMENTS:
my fourth creation - leechdude, 2007-11-07: 22:37:00
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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)
Duplomat
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: dupe/low/mat
Sentence: She was the office duplomat with a duploma in duplicating.
Etymology: diplomat + duplicate
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COMMENTS:
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:30:00
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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:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:19:00
Thanks for the mental picture. I can't look at a printer the same way again...
Good one. - zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 13:48:00
Good one! - TJayzz, 2008-10-06: 16:56:00
Terrific blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-07: 04:49:00
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Compulsaprintia
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: com-pul-sa-prin-tia
Sentence: It had some years now since Erin had suffered from compulsaprintia, as her bulging file cabinets proved.
Etymology: compulsa (compulsive) (print)
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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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
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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