Verboticism: Repsycholist

'Is that toilet paper on your clothesline?'

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.

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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

Points: 911

Comments: Repsycholist

Nosila - 2008-04-19: 00:38:00
Good one!