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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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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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Printaphile
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: print-ah-file
Sentence: when he finished printing out every file he had that was related to 'paper wastage in modern society', he realised he was a hopeless printaphile
Etymology: print a file, the suffix 'phile'
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COMMENTS:
excellent word - very usable - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-07: 09:41:00
Excellent and apt! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-07: 16:35:00
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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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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
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)
Clericalamity
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: clear-ick-al-a-mity
Sentence: A colossal clericalamity, Jane had changed the lock for the photocopy room and insisted that all office correspondence pass through her in order to be categorized by a colour coding that she had devised.
Etymology: clerical+calamity
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
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)
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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