Neat-freakery

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsessive tidiness or cleanliness; behavior characteristic of neat freaks. US, informal, rare, uncountable

    "Oskar's neat-freakery only made minuscule 'lapses' like that more noticeable. He had the assistance of a cleaner, of course. But how thorough was the cleaner? London was full of Eastern European women working as domestic cleaners, but I ..."

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"Oskar's neat-freakery only made minuscule 'lapses' like that more noticeable. He had the assistance of a cleaner, of course. But how thorough was the cleaner? London was full of Eastern European women working as domestic cleaners, but I ..."

Etymology

From neat freak + -ery.

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