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DEFINITION: v., to post sticky notes all over the place, including sticky notes to remind you to read the previously posted sticky notes. n., an obsessive compulsive dependency on sticky notes.
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Postittrauma
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: post it trau ma
Sentence: Polly is in a home for people suffering from stress disorders. She used to be a very highly organized administrative assistant to an important executive. She kept his life organized by writing poti-it notes for him and herself, so that nothing was ever forgotten or overlooked. When Polly was laid off after her boss retired, she continued writing post-it notes and leaving them all over the house. She rarely went out and was eventually diagnosed with Postittrauma. If you want to help Polly and others like her who suffer from Postittrauma Stress Disorder, please send money. You might want to write yourself a post-it note to remember to make a donation...THANK YOU!
Etymology: Post it (Brand name of sticky notes) & Trauma (an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects)
Postitchy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: poe sti cheee
Sentence: She was so postitchy, the company auditors found out her stationery bill exceeded her salary. They sent her a short (yellow) memo.
Etymology: post it. itchy as in trigger happy but without the trigger or the happiness.
Jotmad
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: jot-mad
Sentence: Jenny was jotmad. She was postsessed with 3M squares of paper with adhesive edges. Eventually, she learned how to turn her obsession into art and developed a talent for creating mosaics from pastel paper.
Etymology: jot (to write short notes) + mad (crazy for)
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COMMENTS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ih8gates/sets/444219/ - petaj, 2007-09-24: 03:06:00
Neat link! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-24: 09:30:00
Cool! - remistram, 2007-09-24: 09:40:00
Very pithy and clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-24: 18:52:00
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Noteallrecall
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Note-awl-recawl
Sentence: Brenda was so obssessed with post it notes, having an appalling memory she used them for noteallrecall. She had so many all over the rooms she had forgotton what colour her walls were.
Etymology: Note(a reminder)+ All(everything) Recall(a memory) = Noteallrecall
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COMMENTS:
didn't note-ice this yesterday - very good - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-26: 12:53:00
I wonder if Arnold Schwarzanegger has notallrecall? Vah vah gut. - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-26: 16:10:00
That's a great idea for wallpaper. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-27: 01:05:00
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Memocd
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mem oh see dee
Sentence: a bad case of memocd, she noted
Etymology: memo OCD qas in obsessive cumpulsive disorder
Postsessed
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: post/zest
Sentence: Muriel was so postsessed with sticky notes her family organized an intervention.
Etymology: post it + possessed
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COMMENTS:
Another good one. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-24: 18:47:00
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Ernieitis
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: /Earn-e-i-tis/
Sentence: Sandra had to remind herself to remind herself to remind herself; always busy but never finished, she reminded me of a Jim Hensen creation with a bad case of Ernieitis.
Etymology: Ernieitis is a disease named after the Sesame St. character "Ernie", the constant companion of Burt, much to Burt's chagrin
Stickyddiction
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stikēdik sh ən
Sentence: Brenda has a serious stickyddiction. Whatever inane little thought pops into her addlepated mind gets jotted down on a Post-it and stuck to the fridge. There are so many now that there is no surface of the ice box visible. Brenda doesn*t know how many layers deep they go but last week the weight of these little papers sheered off the hinge of the refrigerator door. After a short panic attack and a few deep breaths Brenda duct taped the door back in place and has taken to eating only dry cereal and stuff out of her freezer. Her friends are considering an intervention.
Etymology: sticky note (a piece of stationery with a re-adherable strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents and to other surfaces: walls, desks) + addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity)
Postmemophilia
Created by: Koekbroer
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COMMENTS:
neat word - Nosila, 2010-01-28: 00:35:00
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Threembolism
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: th/ree/em/bowl/ism
Sentence: Margo's productivity--indeed, her very life--was completely obstructed by her compulsion to document every task, thought and reminder onto stickynotes and put them everywhere. The threembolism occurred when she couldn't find the note that told her where to start in processing all the other notes.
Etymology: 3M--creator of the Post-it Note (tm) combined with embolism--The sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material which has been brought to its site of lodgment by the blood current.
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COMMENTS:
love it - you and hooterbug are on the same wavelength - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-25: 13:16:00
another good word...it's like a threemergency! - Nosila, 2008-08-25: 22:18:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
You nailed it!
My comment was meant for Nosila.
CLEARLY, and I agree, Nosilla 'stuck' the landing