Definitions
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- noun Compulsive
nose-picking , insertion of finger into one's nose.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ῥίς (rhis, "nose")
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Betcha didn't think I could work the word "rhinotillexomania" into an Urban Tulsa Weekly column about how much the downtown sports arena is going to cost us, did ya?
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Betcha didn't think I could work the word "rhinotillexomania" into an Urban Tulsa Weekly column about how much the downtown sports arena is going to cost us, did ya?
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Since its Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that we live in a place where we can talk about rhinotillexomania in the open without fear of reprisal.
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It's actually a disease, rhinotillexomania, if compulsive.
Planck's Constant 2010
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It's actually a disease, rhinotillexomania, if compulsive.
Planck's Constant 2010
whichbe commented on the word rhinotillexomania
Compulsive nose-picking.
May 13, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word rhinotillexomania
I wouldn't normally bother to add obviously made-up words like this, but I was curious about the etymology and it otherwise fulfilled my criteria. It turns out that tillex- doesn't mean anything, and it comes from till- "pluck, pull (out) (hair, feathers etc.)" with a spurious ex- "out" stuck on.
November 10, 2008