Context:
A while back a co-worker of mine did extensive Google research looking for a very-quiet-vacuum cleaner. It seems that she would awaken at 2 o'clock in the morning and feel a compulsion to vacuum her apartment. A "proper" vacuuming takes 2 hours (a two bedroom apartment). Since the neighbors were complaining and she was going to get evicted she decided to buy the very-quiet-vacuum. (She has not been evicted.)
Fast forward to today:
Our computer tech repaired one of the computers and laid the blame on dust that got into the works. So my co-worker went home and picked up her very-quiet-vacuum and has been vacuuming every nook and cranny in our office for the past two hours.
Question:
What to call this addiction? I Googled "vacuum cleaning obsession" and found no applicable term.
A while back a co-worker of mine did extensive Google research looking for a very-quiet-vacuum cleaner. It seems that she would awaken at 2 o'clock in the morning and feel a compulsion to vacuum her apartment. A "proper" vacuuming takes 2 hours (a two bedroom apartment). Since the neighbors were complaining and she was going to get evicted she decided to buy the very-quiet-vacuum. (She has not been evicted.)
Fast forward to today:
Our computer tech repaired one of the computers and laid the blame on dust that got into the works. So my co-worker went home and picked up her very-quiet-vacuum and has been vacuuming every nook and cranny in our office for the past two hours.
Question:
What to call this addiction? I Googled "vacuum cleaning obsession" and found no applicable term.