Verboticism: Documentia
DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
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Idiosistics
Created by: ElBuro
Pronunciation: ID-i-o-SIS-TIKS
Sentence: "Bah, curse my Idiosistics, I hate these warranties, but I just can't put them down!."
Etymology: Idi-from "Idiot". sis- Sounds like a sickness.
Reast
Created by: evitameanslife
Pronunciation: Re - a - st
Sentence: We can figure this out practically, we dont need tips , stop being a reast.
Etymology:
Stupdocness
Created by: svasiljeva
Pronunciation:
Sentence: stupdocness is his usual condition for 3 days after buying a new thing
Etymology: stupid reading of documentation
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COMMENTS:
stupid reading of documentation - svasiljeva, 2006-12-17: 09:15:00
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Referendless
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: Ref Er End Lus
Sentence: Hannah had become very particular about a lot of things in her life and it made her feel in control when everything was working smoothly in her home and the way she used electrical appliancs had to be so precise that she would read each ones user manual repetitivly before she used anything. The doctor had diagnosed Referendless Syndrome and had assured her of the many diferent treatments and therepys used to treat and cure sufferers.
Etymology: References + Endless = Referendless References, to reference a file, or document, user guide. Refer, to read up, to take note from. Endless, having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant: an endless series of complaints; Time is endless. 2.made continuous, as by joining the two ends of a single length: an endless chain or belt. Synonyms: limitless, illimitable, unending, unceasing, continuous, perpetual.
Dysmanuorrhea
Created by: Elfie
Pronunciation: dis-man-war-REE-ah
Sentence: He suffered acute dysmanuorrhea with every software upgrade, overwhelmed by the sheer detail in each new agreement.
Etymology: dys - bad, difficult manuo - derived from "manual" orrhea - excessive discharge of key information from the brain
Docufetish
Created by: Count
Pronunciation: doc-u-fetish
Sentence: "I hear all she does is read manuals. Man, she must have a serious docufetish."
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Circumdocutation
Created by: hanumanu
Pronunciation: sir-kum-dock-you-TAY-shun
Sentence: Must you obsess in your circumdocutation? Just sharpen the danged thing already!
Etymology: Like circulocution - talking in circles - this is reading instructions in an obsessively concentric way.