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DEFINITION: n., A compulsive need to sniff everything and anything you pick up, even things that typically do not have distinctive odors. v., To habitually sniff everything within your grasp -- just to make sure it's fresh.
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Inscentivised
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: in sent iv eye zd
Sentence: his dog was inscentivised around anyone who asspirated
Etymology: incentivise scent
Compulsniff
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: come-pul-sniff
Sentence: Kathleen was a bit compulsniff, especially when it came to books. She would pick one up and quickly thumb the pages to release the book's scent. Yearbooks were--and still are--the best smelling books around.
Etymology: compulsive + sniff
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COMMENTS:
Mmmmmm Boooooks! Yummy smells! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:19:00
Great word, Nuwanda...makes scents! - Nosila, 2008-10-27: 21:03:00
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Allfactory
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ahl-FAKT-uh-ree
Sentence: Alex's allfactory awareness overwhelmed him as soon as he entered his date's apartment--there was no way he could date someone whose television smelt like *that*.
Etymology: all + olfactory
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COMMENTS:
I have been waaaay off my game... - mplsbohemian, 2007-11-29: 20:37:00
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Inscentiable
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: in-sent-shuh-buhl,
Sentence: They say that smells can trigger long lost memories. Well, Bills desire to remember something must have been inscentiable; he would take a sniff of anything he could pick up.
Etymology: Mash-up of insatiable and scent. Insatiable: incapable of being satisfied or appeased. Scent: a distinctive odor.
Nosphonatu
Created by: awesomoshis
Pronunciation: Nose-phone-ah-two
Sentence: I've been experiencing severe nosphonatu every since I dropped my phone in the toilet.
Etymology:
Whiffappropo
Created by: psi4got
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Janelle looked over to find Dave in a fit of whiffappropo with his phone. "Would you please stop doing that in public!" she said under her breath.
Etymology: To catch a whiff of an odor and breathe in sharply through the nose to identify the 'flavor.' Appropo comes from a deliberate twist of the French word apropos meaning appropriate and in this case does it smell proper at this time.
Nostrail
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: nos/trayl
Sentence: He was famous for his picky nostrail. He could pick up a scent a mile away.
Etymology: nostril + trail
Wholefactory
Created by: badsnudge
Pronunciation: \hōl-'fak-t(ə-)rē\
Sentence: Ned's sense of wholefactory would not allow him to pick up the phone, or most anything else for that matter, without smelling it first.
Etymology: whole (of all) + olfactory (of or relating to sense of smell)
Overscentsative
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: Over-sents-ative
Sentence: Horacio often thought he could detect odors on things that no one else could. Objects which most people thought had no odor, he felt most compelled to pick up and smell, just to be sure. Perhaps he was just being overscentsative but he just couldn't stop trying to smell everything he picked up..... Wait, I think that smells pretty good, let me see.
Etymology: "Over" as in beyond some norm or limit + "Scents" or odors + "ative" suffix meaning of, relating to or connecting with.
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COMMENTS:
Like it! - TJayzz, 2008-10-27: 08:54:00
Excellent word! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:13:00
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Nostrilissis
Created by: IrisLLL
Pronunciation: nostrilisis
Sentence: I went by a nice garden today, and my nostilissis has been acting up ever since.
Etymology: (holes in face)nostrils- issis ( alternarte spelling of the Egyption goddess)

Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie ~ James
Remistram also submitted definition about compulsive sniffing, so I have added her name to the credits for this definition. Thank you again to kabloozie and remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James