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neat-freakery

neat-freakery noun: obsessive tidiness or cleanliness; behavior characteristic of neat freaks.

Noun

neat-freakery (uncountable)

  1. (US, informal, rare) Obsessive tidiness or cleanliness; behavior characteristic of neat freaks.
    • Oskar's neat-freakery only made minuscule 'lapses' like that more noticeable. He had the assistance of a cleaner, of course. But how thorough was the cleaner? London was full of Eastern European women working as domestic cleaners, but I ...2012, Will Wiles, Care of Wooden Floors, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 17
    • need him right now, and his neat-freakery. I definitely don't want to move in with him. The man keeps all his shoes in labelled boxes according to their Pantone shade!” Zoë and I laughed out loud; well aware that Lauren was exaggerating, but the ...2014, Sarah Clark, Viva Voluptuous, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN

Origin of neat-freakery

From neat freak + -ery.

Questions about neat-freakery

What does neat-freakery mean?
Neat-freakery means obsessive tidiness or cleanliness; behavior characteristic of neat freaks.
What part of speech is neat-freakery?
Neat-freakery is a noun.

Words near neat-freakery in the dictionary

  1. neat freaks
  2. neat line
  3. neat lines
  4. neat weight
  5. neat weights
  6. neat-freakery
  7. neat-freaks
  8. neat-handed
  9. neat-handedly
  10. neat-handedness
  11. neat-house

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