Verboticism: Instrucsecure
DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
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Comperusaltion
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: Com-per-ooze-al-shun
Sentence: As a result of his comperusaltion, James often spent days reading before he even broke the seal on his bottle of cola.
Etymology: Perusal - the action of reading or examining something, Compulsion - an irrisistable urge to behave in a certain way.
Rereferenstress
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: ree-ref-ruhns-tres
Sentence: Because of my referenstress it took six hours to build one flatpack chair!
Etymology: combination of "re" "reference" and "stress"
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
Instructivitis
Created by: buck180
Pronunciation: in/STRUK/tiv/eye/tiss
Sentence: Carl's impressive library of instruction manuals and product warranty booklets numbered in the thousands even though his only appliances were a stove, refrigerator, coffee maker, television and an iPod. However, he was definitely the 'go-to' guy for any trouble-shooting questions his friends had when one of THEIR appliances went on the fritz. Even when Bill's John Deere tractor wouldn't start, Carl had the answer.
Etymology: Root word: INSTRUCTIVE - to have knowledge and enjoy giving direction. Medical suffix: +ITIS - from Latin, meaning an inflammation.
Ocdvd
Created by: vetmommy2
Pronunciation: "Oh-Cee-Dee-Vee-Dee"
Sentence: Don't be so OCDVD, put down the instructions and just turn the thing ON!!
Etymology: from the DSM-III Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and DVD- digital video disc.
Readiteration
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: ree-DIT-ter-A-shun
Sentence: The young man realized he had fallen into his readiterative tendencies yet again after taking hours to read one sentence repeatedly in order to fully understand how to use his pencil.
Etymology: a blend of read + reiteration
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!
Brainjamming
Created by: josje
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COMMENTS:
brainjamming wil pull the contents in your head to overloead proportions. - josje, 2006-12-21: 02:03:00
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