Verboticism: Manualmaniac
DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
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Finitusprintitus
Created by: xpez2000
Pronunciation: fi-nigh-tus-prin-ti-tus
Sentence: Once I took a look at the directions for my IKEA crap, I had to go to bed because I could feel the finitusprintitus coming over me. Causing me to feel woozy and unmotivated to do anything...
Etymology: Fine - Print -itus
Locohowism
Created by: scrawlspacer
Pronunciation: LO co how IZ um
Sentence: When my boyfriend buys a nifty new gadget, I might not see him for days. He has major locohowism.
Etymology: alcoholism + loco (crazy) + how (as in "how to")
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.
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.
Documentardation
Created by: hugeredbear
Pronunciation: dok-u-ment-ard-a-shun
Sentence: A simple oversight by IKEA (an extra bag of bolts,) and Bob never fully recovered from the documentardation.
Etymology: documentation + retardation
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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