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DEFINITION: v. To compulsively wash and excessively reuse "disposable items", like paper cups, plastic utensils or kleenex tissues. n. An obsessive compulsion to reuse disposable items, often combined with a disposal inhibition.
Verboticisms
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Reusabull
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ree/yous/a/bull
Sentence: Recycling is a wonderful thing but people who take it to the extreme are full of reusabull.
Etymology: reusable + bull (shit)
Reincarnageation
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: re/in/car/naj/ay/shyn
Sentence: The butcher practices reincarnageation by using leftover bones to make wind chimes.
Etymology: reincarnation + carnage
Uberuseabuse
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: oober-yoos-a-byoos
Sentence: The whole family was suffering from Nanna's uberuseabuse since it had progressed from crocheting floor rugs from plastic breadbags to soaking bandaids in bleach and then smearing some adhesive on them to re-stick them on the grandkids grazed knees.
Etymology: uber (over) + use + abuse (what happens when you force someone to re-use their disposable nappy or bandaid)
Repsychophobe
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Re-sykofowb
Sentence: Being a seasoned repsychophobe, Fred drove his wife mad by insisting that the teabags had to be dried out by the fire ready for next time, but she drew the line when he suggested they start wearing recycled false teeth.
Etymology: Recycle + Psycho + Phobia = Repsychophobe
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COMMENTS:
Psychotic AND phobic. Works well. - Mustang, 2008-04-18: 19:00:00
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Repsycholist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: re/sahy/koh/list
Sentence: Janice was our neighbourhood repsycholist who not only reclaimed kleenex from the street gutter for her children to use, but also cigarette butts for her husband.
Etymology: recyclist + psycho
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Nosila, 2008-04-19: 00:38:00
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Tossaphobia
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: toss uh foh bee uh
Sentence: Debbie stared up at the clothesline and started adding it all up: the hanging toilet paper, the compost piles, the stacks of newspapers and half-opened junk mail in the family and living rooms, the baskets of trash and used personal items organized by type in the backyard and the garage, and the old clothes in the hallways and spare bedroom, the basement full of broken, loose and dismantled electronic equipment. When pressed about the sheer oddity of the picture, Nancy just shrugged her shoulders and said, "I just can t bare to throw theses things out becuase we can reuse them." Debbie thought these folks suffered from tossaphobia, the inability to throw anything away.
Etymology: Toss - to throw away and phobia - fear of
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COMMENTS:
Good one...an obsessive/compulsive thingy. - Nosila, 2008-04-19: 00:37:00
I like this one... it's the genetic hoarder's disease! - Raquelle, 2008-04-19: 03:21:00
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Hypercyclophilia
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: hi-per-siek-lo-fil-ee-uh
Sentence: Rosemary looked on with surprised doubt. She knew her friend Nancy was an artist, and thus automatically ignored some of her many idiosyncrasies, but this was too much for her to process: The toilet paper on the clothesline, the mound of used teabags on the counter, the dishwasher full of plastic spoons and forks, and the cabinet full of used paper plates. After some discussion, she found out some more items from the hypercyclophillia T.M.I. files -- what she did on her early to light flow days, dental floss, and her newborn's baby wipes.
Etymology: hyper, over and beyond + cyclo, from recycle + philia, love of
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COMMENTS:
I'm afraid to ask what they did for family planning! - pieceof314, 2008-04-18: 08:57:00
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Recyclivity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re - syke - LIV - uh - ty
Sentence: Belinda's propensity for saving and recycling any all all manner of disposable materials had evolved into full blown, out of control recyclivity.
Etymology: Blend of recycle and proclivity (habitual inclination or tendency)
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COMMENTS:
We should all have a proclivity for recyclivity, especially with Earth Day coming on Apr.22 ... good one, Mustang! - Nosila, 2008-04-18: 01:21:00
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Reinspate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: rē'ĭn-spāt'
Sentence: Regis reinspated his TEXSUN(tm) juice cans for everything from tailpipe patches to pen and pencil holders.
Etymology: reins, means of steering or control; pate, the top of one's head.
Trashcycle
Created by: Raquelle
Pronunciation: trash sahy kul
Sentence: "Is that toilet paper on your clothesline?" "Of course, we trashcycle everything in this household."
Etymology: Trash, from refuse or rubbish but also meaning foolish or pointless; and Cycle, as in round / series (i.e. recycle)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James