Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of photocopylore (“a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on xerox machines (photocopiers)”).
I did some of my research on xeroxlore, or photocopylore, in a textile dyeing plant of about 250 people.
1995, Indiana University, Journal of folklore research, volume 322 more examples
[…]the word's protean expressiveness has been observed in a xeroxlore item printed in Robert Anton Wilson's Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words[…]
1980, Gershon Legman, The New LimerickBoth Xeroxlore and faxlore have an increasing emphasis of visual material: / [It may be] a characteristic of both the increasingly visual sophistication of youth in our society and the capacities of the fax machine which sends images rather than alphanumeric messages; […]
1996, Gail de Vos, “Science, Technology, and the Contemporary Legend”, in Tales, Rumors, and Gossip: Exploring Contemporary Folk Literature in Grades 7–12, Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, part III, page 120Synonyms: photocopylore
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of photocopylore (“a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on xerox machines (photocopiers)”).
Origin
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xeroxlore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xeroxlore
“xeroxlore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xeroxlore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xeroxlore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xeroxlore.
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