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DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.
Verboticisms
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Ignoraphobia
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: Ig-norah-foubia
Sentence: Look at all these User's Manuals. He must have a bad case of ignoraphobia
Etymology: ignorare (lat.) to "not know" + phobos (greek) strong, irrational fear of something
Carabulation
Created by: Sharpiequeen
Pronunciation: KARE-ab-yoo-LAY-shun
Sentence: He experienced carabulation while reading the manuel of his new stereo.
Etymology:
Producrastinal
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: Pro-duh-cras-tin-al
Sentence: He was so producrastinal about he stereo that it was still in bubble wrap after 3 weeks.
Etymology: Product + Procastination
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COMMENTS:
Alec, you are very funny! - wordmeister, 2006-10-19: 22:10:00
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Guidenseekindrome
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: guide-in-seek-in-drome
Sentence: People with guidenseekindrome are the reason Poptarts have cooking instructions, and a label saying "DO NOT PUT PACKAGE IN MICROWAVE!"
Etymology: Derived from hidenseekindrome, which we all know is the condition of people that suck at hide-and-seek.
Dysmanuorrhea
Created by: Elfie
Pronunciation: dis-man-war-REE-ah
Sentence: He suffered acute dysmanuorrhea with every software upgrade, overwhelmed by the sheer detail in each new agreement.
Etymology: dys - bad, difficult manuo - derived from "manual" orrhea - excessive discharge of key information from the brain
Warrantedium
Created by: CrayonWarrior
Pronunciation: Wah-ran-tee-dee-um
Sentence: Ethan was contracting major warrantedium after sitting and reading through the terms and conditions of his new telly to check whether he'd still get a refund after his dog peed on it
Etymology: warranty tedium
Cigourettes
Created by: OldEnglish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: On Christmas Eve, we would drift off to sleep listening to the traditional cries of "I'll show you a Tab A, you B Slot!" that always accompanied my father's seasonal bouts of Cigourette's.
Etymology: Complete Idiot's Guide + Tourette's
Docupulsive
Created by: SlappyDaClown
Pronunciation: Doc-u-pul-sive
Sentence: I think hes somewhat docupulsive about those instructions.
Etymology: Coined by Freud in his massive missive on Compulsions.
