Verboticism: Locohowism
DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
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Knownot
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: no - not
Sentence: She's such a knownot that she things she can't figure anything out without reading directions on EVERYTHING....
Etymology: to feel unknowledgable about anything without reading all documentation on it.
Producrastinal
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: Pro-duh-cras-tin-al
Sentence: He was so producrastinal about he stereo that it was still in bubble wrap after 3 weeks.
Etymology: Product + Procastination
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COMMENTS:
Alec, you are very funny! - wordmeister, 2006-10-19: 22:10:00
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Cheechburnout
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation: Cheech-burn-out
Sentence: Chong burn out is way badder. You end up munching on the pencils like way before you sharpen them. Whoa,coulda been a prob.
Etymology:
Ignoraphobia
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: Ig-norah-foubia
Sentence: Look at all these User's Manuals. He must have a bad case of ignoraphobia
Etymology: ignorare (lat.) to "not know" + phobos (greek) strong, irrational fear of something
Manualoticulus
Created by: leaffan001
Pronunciation: man-u-ol-tick-ul-us
Sentence: Wanting to know everything.
Etymology: From the english word manual.
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.
Documentia
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Through his persistent reading of warranties, he was slipping further and further into documentia
Etymology: document + dementia
Diavamentitis
Created by: sisica
Pronunciation: diyah-vah-men-TYE-tis
Sentence: My case of diavamentitis is so severe that I can spend an entire evening reading an instruction manual and still have a floor full of screws, dowels, and boards. Of course, I still have no desk. That's why the computer is sitting on the box that the desk came in.
Etymology: Greek word for read "diavazei." "Ment" would refer to mental, and "itis" would be the condition. Therefore, it's the mental condition of reading.