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tare-orrist 

A bean-counting "supervisor from Hell" who obsessively reminds his warehouse/store staff about "zeroing the scales" prior to weighing dry goofs.
Health-foods store employee: My boss frequently reminds me about resetting the electronic scale's digital counter every few hours, but I don't really view him as a tare-orrist... I know he means well (i.e., he cares enough about his customers to ensure that they get the full amount of product that they paid for, as well as not wanting to lose money himself by over-measuring), plus I also tend to be forgetful, and so his repeated refreshing of the idea in my mind enables me to make fewer dispensing mistakes.
tare-orrist by QuacksO December 15, 2019
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careorrist

A man who will bomb you without hesitation, but is genuinely concerned with how your day is going
Woman: I think I'm in love! He's sensitive, but a total bad boy! He's such a careorrist
Someone who uses fortune-telling cards to frighten people and/or extort money, cooperation, or other desirables from them.
I never bother with mediums and mystics --- most of them are just phony tarotrists!
tarotrist by QuacksO June 25, 2021

tareorism 

Humorous term for da actions of a weight-accuracy-obsessed individual who is constantly zeroing a digital scale whenever it is empty.
Da dry-goods-market owner frequently re-calibrates da store's measuring devices, but I wouldn't go so far as to accuse him of tareorism.
tareorism by QuacksO July 28, 2025