(pack-rat-I'-tis)
A chronic psychological disease that is similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). When person with a simple hobby becomes infected with packratitis they turns it into an obsession. The main difference between packratitits and OCD is the packrat generally 'neater' and may be a guru on the topic or subject.
A chronic psychological disease that is similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). When person with a simple hobby becomes infected with packratitis they turns it into an obsession. The main difference between packratitits and OCD is the packrat generally 'neater' and may be a guru on the topic or subject.
Packratitis: A computer packrat may have a collection of softwares from early on, lots of junk hardware, books on computers and other electronics, seemingly boxes and crates of wires, screws, disks, manuals, boxes etc. This preson may also have an interest in video games and other electronic items, thus may he also has every system from Coleco and Atari to Nintendo DS and PS3 as well as related material.
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A compound verb formed by the words pack and procrastinate. When you have to move, or go on a trip, and have plenty of advance warning, but you still only pack your belongings at the last minute.
I'm flying to Hawaii in three days, but I haven't even started to figure out what to bring. You know me - I always packrastinate.
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Get the Download PackRat mug.A small Chinese child who is shipped off to America at a young age from an orphanage or a family with a child. (A.K.A.) The creepy Asian kid that suddenly appears at your child's preschool and bites kids at nap time.
Parent 1: Hey did your son tell you about the small slant eyed kid that bites when people are asleep?
Parent 2: It's not his fault he's a packrat, his parents died and he was in an orphanage in China
Parent 1: Why the hell is he here then?
Parent 2: I don't know but my kid's wearing long sleeves from now on
Parent 2: It's not his fault he's a packrat, his parents died and he was in an orphanage in China
Parent 1: Why the hell is he here then?
Parent 2: I don't know but my kid's wearing long sleeves from now on
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An Individual who downloads and collects or hoards especially unneeded files.
An Individual who downloads and collects or hoards especially unneeded files.
by CeRo June 3, 2003
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