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  • noun One who suffers from hypergraphia.

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Examples

  • I was probably clinically hypergraphic for about three years, and at the end of that time (and probably two million words of writing) I had sold three novels.

    funny how the whole world--historically--feels the urge to chase the sun to rest stillsostrange 2009

  • The exemplar of conservative corporate gaming the alliance to the advantage of capital is Republican Rupert Murdoch whose FoxNews regularly denounces the liberalization of the media that his Fox entertainment complex has been a leading contributor to with the lewd Married With Children, the astonishingly irreligious The Simpsons, and the hypergraphic hit House whose lead character is a proudly cranky atheist.

    Why the Republicans and Their Religious Base Are in a Lot More Trouble Than They Realize 2008

  • Hypergraphia comes from a “strong, conscious, internal drive – say, pleasure – rather than from an external influence (People who write a great deal simply because they are paid per word are not hypergraphic).”

    This is Your Brain on Creativity « So Many Books 2004

  • The true hypergraphic, of which I may be one, has no choice.

    The limbic system stands up for its rights Jenny Davidson 2006

  • For the time being, however, I think I will keep such hypergraphic compulsions to myself.

    The Daily Cross Hatch 2010

  • Personally, I like the original silver and black versions, but the new white does offer a more "hypergraphic, hypertrophic, and energetic" look,

    eHomeUpgrade Alexander Grundner 2010

  • His lieder production in the year 1840 alone was volcanically hypergraphic.

    NewMusicBox 2010

  • Luckily, most hypergraphics view it as a gift, says Flaherty, who was inundated with hypergraphic patients after publishing a book on the subject in 2004 called

    Psychology Today 2008

  • Then again … since I’m somewhat hypergraphic, writing is enjoyable for me.

    2010 April — Fusion Despatches 2010

  • Then again … since I’m somewhat hypergraphic, writing is enjoyable for me.

    BU Blog Out: Brenna Lyons — Fusion Despatches 2010

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