Verboticism: Manualoticulus
DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
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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
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
Laripeat
Created by: DeltaRho2K
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was mocked for my laripeat behavior, but when the hair dryer fell into the tub, I was saved because the water was not turned on and the tub was empty.
Etymology: LAther - RInse - rePEAT No matter how many times I've read it, I still glance at those stupid instructions every time I shower... You do too... admit it!
Intrinsication
Created by: Manhattan
Pronunciation: In-trin-sick-ae-shun
Sentence: He used the powerful method of intrinsication to fill his head with every single piece of data on the use of and warranty information of pencils, short of watching some sort of documentary or special on pencils and such related products.
Etymology: The word intrinsic, meaning "of it's nature" with the suffix -tion.
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COMMENTS:
- Manhattan, 2006-12-23: 16:23:00
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Rebingeamanuala
Created by: brucee10
Pronunciation: Re-binge-a-man-u-la
Sentence: By taking my medication daily, I have conquered my Rebingeamanuala and my upgrade times are down 45%.
Etymology: Repetitive + Binge + Manual
Manualphilism
Created by: sunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Manualphilism is incurable without detailed directions.
Etymology:
Infophilia
Created by: alanmilner
Pronunciation: info-filia
Sentence: The older you get, the more you suffer from infophilia because the more you forget, the more you forget what you might have forgotten.
Etymology: the antonym of infophobia
Cigourettes
Created by: OldEnglish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: On Christmas Eve, we would drift off to sleep listening to the traditional cries of "I'll show you a Tab A, you B Slot!" that always accompanied my father's seasonal bouts of Cigourette's.
Etymology: Complete Idiot's Guide + Tourette's
Necessareread
Created by: deviant
Pronunciation: Ness-ess-air-ree-reed
Sentence: After half an hour of box examination, instruction reading and rereading, his necessarereadic tendancys struck again and he went back to examing the box of the 4 piece jigsaw.
Etymology: Necessary conjoined with reread