Verboticism: Papyrulimia

'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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Papyrulimia

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: puh/pahy/ruhlim/ee/uh

Sentence: With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Jenny slowly descended the long, lonely path of papyrulimia where she continuously feed the photocopy machine as much paper as it could swallow and with great satisfaction watched it spew out copy after copy after copy.

Etymology: PAPYRULIMIA - noun - from PAPYRUS (paper) + BULIMIA (an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting)

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Comments: Papyrulimia

Jabberwocky - 2008-10-06: 10:19:00
very funny

zxvasdf - 2008-10-06: 13:48:00
Thanks for the mental picture. I can't look at a printer the same way again... Good one.

TJayzz - 2008-10-06: 16:56:00
Good one!

OZZIEBOB - 2008-10-07: 04:49:00
Terrific blend