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photocopylore

photocopylore noun: a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on photocopiers.

Noun

photocopylore (uncountable)

  1. A kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on photocopiers.
    • Xeroxlore, photocopylore, faxlore, folklore by facsimile, office graffiti, or formerly typescript broadsides refer to materials circulated through fax machines, Xerox machines, or other photocopiers—usually within a workspace.2016, “Xeroxlore”, in Christopher R. Fee, Jeffrey B. Webb, editors, American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore, volumes III (Q–Z), Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO...
    Synonyms:
    copylore, xeroxlore

Synonyms of photocopylore

Origin of photocopylore

From photocopy + lore.

Questions about photocopylore

What does photocopylore mean?
Photocopylore means a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on photocopiers.
What part of speech is photocopylore?
Photocopylore is a noun.

Words near photocopylore in the dictionary

  1. photocopies
  2. photocopy
  3. photocopy art
  4. photocopying
  5. photocopyings
  6. photocopylore
  7. photoCORMs
  8. photocorner
  9. photocorners
  10. photocorrosion
  11. photocorrosive

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