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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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Reprobsessed
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: reh-prob-SESSD
Sentence: Millicent is reprobsessed, burdened by a perceived 'need' to print out everything from her emails, office correspondence, on line bill payments, and other kinds of on-line data that she is inundated with daily.
Etymology: Blend of 'reproduce' (To make a copy of) and 'obsessed' (the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea)
Diskepticism
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) dĭs-kěp'tĭ-sĭz'əm, dĭsk-ěp'tĭk;
Sentence: Dr. Tanner's diskepticism has led the members of the office staff to dub him Dr. Xerox.
Etymology: [hard drive] di[sk] + skepticism
Psychoticopy
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: sy-kot-ih-kop-ee
Sentence: Studies have shown that most office workers over the age of 50 have succumbed to varying degrees of psychoticopying during their tenure.
Etymology: psychotic + copy
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COMMENTS:
another great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 10:38:00
Looks good:great symmetry about it! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:39:00
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Documental
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)
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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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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Printoholic
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say print then o and the holic
Sentence: Hes a printoholic
Etymology:
Pulpishophelia
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Pul-Pish-O-Feel-E-A
Sentence: Margot's pulpishophelia was starting to get out of hand, since she became the office comptroller.
Etymology: Pulp-makes paper ish-is type of, relating to ophelia-is a hot chick
Reamdundant
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: ream-DUN-dant
Sentence: Tom asked Carol to print out his email, fax copies to the field office and make reamdundant copies of the faxed copy for the office files. Carol considered Tom's faxation to be just a small sample of his neurotronic diskorder. faxation = a complete misunderstanding of how faxes work (believing that the original is somehow magically sent to the other location). neurotronic diskorder = ascribing physical properties and attributes to digital files (degrading condition, "originals", organization, etc.)
Etymology: ream (a measure of quantity for paper[500 sheets]) + (re)dundant; fax + (fix)ation; neuro(tic )+ (elect)tronic; disk + (dis)order
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COMMENTS:
you obviously work in a busy office!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 12:50:00
Actually I am an out of work PHP programmer in MD. if you have any work let me know! - MrDave2176, 2007-11-07: 13:45:00
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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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