Verboticism: Printaphile

'How many trees did you kill to print that?'

DEFINITION: v., To compulsively print out paper copies of all electronic files. n., A printing fetish common among paper pushers who suffer from a paranoid fear that their digital files are disintegrating on their hard drives.

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Printaphile

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: print-ah-file

Sentence: when he finished printing out every file he had that was related to 'paper wastage in modern society', he realised he was a hopeless printaphile

Etymology: print a file, the suffix 'phile'

Points: 617

Comments: Printaphile

Jabberwocky - 2007-11-07: 09:41:00
excellent word - very usable

OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-07: 16:35:00
Excellent and apt!