Verboticism: Intrinsication
DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
Voted For: Intrinsication
Successfully added your vote for "Intrinsication".
You still have one vote left...
Disclaimpulsive
Created by: misnomer
Pronunciation: dis/claym/pul/siv
Sentence: Her disclaimpuslsiveness was the chagrin of most prospective employers.
Etymology: Disclaimer; compulsive.
Hindirectional
Created by: PolishedAmethyst
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He arrived home with his new game system and was up all night because he is hindirectional when it comes to anything electronic. I'm sure he is still sitting there with the manual.
Etymology: Hinder + direction (al)
Manuholic
Created by: eljono
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My name is John and I'm a manuhlolic!
Etymology: Manual + -holic (a combining form extracted from alcoholic)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Good one, because it's clear what this means. The suggestions from other users can often be used for any book or document. - Batavier, 2007-10-05: 10:22:00
----------------------------
Warrier
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: War-eee-ur
Sentence: Like many disabled persons, Jim was quite the warrier, always reading his wheelchair's warranty.
Etymology: warranty + worrier
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
Documania
Created by: elona
Pronunciation: Dokumania
Sentence:
Etymology: Documentation+mania
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