Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: brink jet

Sentence: Sally was on the brinkjet of rainforest annihilation while printing off every online e-mail and report in her company. Thanks to her boss who caught her in time, the forests in North and South AMerica can now rest easier.

Etymology: Brink (the limit beyond which something happens or changes) & Inkjet (type of computer printing that creates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper)

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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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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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Created by: emilylind

Pronunciation: Say print then o and the holic

Sentence: Hes a printoholic

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: uh-dok-shuh n

Sentence: Larry’s insistence that every piece of electronic communication coming into his legal office be printed was just another sign of his addoction.

Etymology: Doc: abbr Document: Latin documentum; A written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence. + Addiction: Latin addictiōn; The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something.

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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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Created by: NeuroGlyph

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Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: pulp-gulp

Sentence: Few coworkers suspected that Kimberly and Zinnia were waging a silent war against each other, but suspicions were raised after Zinnia spearheaded an effort to reduce "pulpgulp" and Kimberly responded by insisting that all correspondence with her desk occur via facsimile.

Etymology: Pulp (mushy mix of paper fibers and water) + Gulp (to consume quickly)

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Created by: Sambloom

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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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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Prin-ta-file

Sentence: When Susan got a visit from the head of the 'Save the trees campaign', she realised she had become a compulsive printaphile. She promised that she would get help for her addiction and vowed she would try to keep her fondness for printing out all her personal files to a bare minimum in the future.

Etymology: Print(produce a paper copy,(information stored on a computer) + Phile(combining form denoting a person having a fondness for or tendency towards a specific thing) ORIGIN Greek 'loving' = Printaphile. See also File(a collection of data stored on a computer)

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great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:26:00

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