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dataholic 

Addicted to data - its collection, use, organisation, etc - in the sense of "the fundamental interconnectedness of all things" as made use of by Dirk Gently, a character created by Douglas Adams.
It's no good, I'm a dataholic - I see someone's contact details and I can't help wanting to add them to the database.
dataholic by Phillip-B June 26, 2014
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datadogged

To un-commit something last minute. This can be used in a situation when someone got a rejection after the agreement was made.
History - This word became popular when a company named Data Dog, evoked offers of many applicants only few days before their joining date.
My date datadogged me 5 minutes before the meeting time.
The employer datadogged me by evoking an offer two days before the joining date.
datadogged by potter_is_not_my_name September 29, 2022

datahoarding 

Engaging in the act of using a large amounts of space (anywhere from a few terabytes to hundreds) and storing data (such as movies, data dumps, pdfs or programs) on it.
Since Jim began datahoarding, he can't seem to stop ordering masses of hard drives to hook up to his server. I've tried talking him out of it but to no avail.
datahoarding by the big meme March 2, 2019

datadogged

To un-commit to something last minute. This can be used in a situation when someone was got a rejection after the agreement was made.
History - This word became popular when a company named Data Dog, evoked offers of many applicants only few days before their joining date.
My date datadogged me 5 minutes before the meeting time.
The employer datadogged me by evoking an offer two days before the joining date.
datadogged by potter_is_not_my_name September 29, 2022