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.

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)

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