barry's emmy, part III: plan B

ob·ses·sive-com·pul·sive [uh b-ses-iv-kuh m-puhl-siv]
–adjective

1. of or pertaining to a personality style characterized by perfectionism, indecision, conscientiousness, concern with detail, rigidity, and inhibition.
2. Psychiatry. of or pertaining to a neurosis characterized by persistent intrusion of unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or the performance of actions, as repeated hand-washing, that one is unable to stop (compulsions).

–noun
3. a person having such a personality style.
[Origin: 1925–30]

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