Verboticism: Manualmania
DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
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Manualmania
Created by: mgood
Pronunciation: man-u-al-ma-ni-a
Sentence: Man, he has a really bad case of manualmania!
Etymology: combined manual with mania
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Comperusaltion
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: Com-per-ooze-al-shun
Sentence: As a result of his comperusaltion, James often spent days reading before he even broke the seal on his bottle of cola.
Etymology: Perusal - the action of reading or examining something, Compulsion - an irrisistable urge to behave in a certain way.
Recompilimentation
Created by: hiladizzle
Pronunciation: re-com-pil-i-men-ta-tion
Sentence: He keeps thumbing through that booklet like he's got recompilimentation!
Etymology: reading (the action or practice of a person who reads) + compulsive (compelling; compulsory) + debilitating (impairing the strength and vitality) + documentation (manuals, listings, diagrams, and other hard- or soft-copy written and graphic materials)
Fuckedy
Created by: onekid
Pronunciation: fuckedy
Sentence: hm?
Etymology: oo da
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COMMENTS:
uu - onekid, 2007-07-07: 17:15:00
wTF does that even mean?!?! - missmurder, 2007-07-29: 19:03:00
oh i get it lmao!!!! - missmurder, 2007-07-29: 19:03:00
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Repetese
Created by: purpleman
Pronunciation: re/peat/es
Sentence: if u cep getting interupted u will cep repating the same sentence...repetese
Etymology: repeat+coutese
Hyperinfodocumentitis
Created by: bailandi
Pronunciation: hi-pur-in-foe-dok-u-men-tie-tis
Sentence: One of my grandfather's sypmtom of hyperinfodocumentitus was a drawer full of manuals to antiquated equipment kept by his bedside.
Etymology: Hyper - prefix, beyond, over, above; usually implying excess or exaggeration. "info and documen" signify dealing with information and documents, -itis meaning inflammation, making this sound like a medicial condition.
Userphobia
Created by: nanaord
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I suffer from userphobia
Etymology:
Mansessivetism
Created by: duriano
Pronunciation: man-se-sif-ti-zem
Sentence: His mansessivetism drives me crazy everytime I ask him about the washing machine.
Etymology: manual + obsesssive
Instruchosis
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: in-struh-kO-sis
Sentence: His instruchosis left him unable to assemble even the simplest flat-pack furniture.
Etymology: From 'instructions' + 'psychosis'