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edifice complex 

a keen desire of a public or educational administrator to construct a building or buildings(a pun on Oedipus complex)
The principal seems to have an edifice complex.
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Edifice Complex 

(n.)An Edifice Complex is a serious budget-busting illness that typically manifests itself on modern college and university campuses. Soon after their inauguration, an incoming university president will frantically and feverishly fall all over themselves to relentlessly badger wealthy donors and students for the purposes of leaving a mark with their name on it on the campus by constructing a new, over-priced, prime parking lot removing, ten-story structure post-modern eyesore whose purpose is solely to house administration, their support staff, and grace the cover of university brochures and websites. Faculty and students then are given the vacated, broken down, second and third string buildings for use as classes and offices.
Friend 1) Dude, I barely made it to class on time, even though I got on campus forty minutes ago! WTF?!

Friend 2)Well, my friend, out new president's got Edifice Complex so bad he took out all the prime parking to construct another building with is name on it. And then tripled the price of a parking permit to pay for the damn thing.

Friend 1) Oh sweet Jesus crap!
Edifice Complex by mhibma March 8, 2006
An erect penis, sticking out like a tall building.
Seeing those giant tits gave me an ediface.
ediface by hititlong January 4, 2006
Someone who is obsessed with building and instructing intellect.
My friend Jim is a total Edifile, he's constantly explicating the nature of being.

edification 

The act of explaining something yet again to Ocean Jasper. Usually relating to his confusion in regards to the true nature of Audrey's and XA's personalities.
Ocean, this is the fifth time I've told you that edification is for your own good, idiot.
edification by Ocean October 28, 2006
a small black rectangular device used to project sound from a computer or mp3
its has silver round speakers, and a little blue light
edifier by michelledhalsdkjfahk January 19, 2009