Verboticism: Repsyclo

'Is that toilet paper on your clothesline?'

DEFINITION: v. To compulsively wash and excessively reuse "disposable items", like paper cups, plastic utensils or kleenex tissues. n. An obsessive compulsion to reuse disposable items, often combined with a disposal inhibition.

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Repsyclo

Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: ri-sai-klō

Sentence: Genie found out at Rita's birthday party that Rita is a repsyclo when the paper cups that Rita just brought out from a badly crumpled plastic bag all have multiple old lipstick marks on them!

Etymology: From 'recycle' and 'psycho'.

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