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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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Compulsniff
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəmpəlsnif
Sentence: Gerry is obsessed with how things smell. Everything he uses must smell just right. He will compulsniff everything he touches. Last week he returned his new car to the dealership because it didn’t have enough new-car smell.
Etymology: compulsive (resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge) + sniff (draw in air audibly through the nose to detect a smell)
Idensniffication
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eye den sniff ick ay shun
Sentence: His method of idensniffication, combined with a certain shiftiness around the full moon, led to a certain disquiet among the more delicate inhabitants of the apartment block.
Etymology: identification, sniff
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COMMENTS:
very funny! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-29: 14:21:00
Perhaps he's moonlighting as a "sniffer" dog! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-29: 16:32:00
Great word! - Mustang, 2007-11-29: 21:49:00
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Pancompulsniffia
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: Pan-cum-pul-snif'- e-uh
Sentence: I'm worried about him. The intensity of his pancompulsniffia is becoming problematic.
Etymology: pan- all, everything + compulsive/sniff + ia - medical condition
Duressence
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: duress/ence
Sentence: Carlos was driven by an overwhelming duressence to identify every object by it's scent. By thirty, his nostrils were immense.
Etymology: duress + essence
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COMMENTS:
Carlos had King Kong nostrils? - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:10:00
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Ultrascentsitive
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Ul + truh + senss + uh + tiv
Sentence: Morton was ultrascentsitive which caused his compulsive sniffing of any and all objects or foods he picked up.
Etymology: Ultra = very Scentsitive + sensitive
Snortomatic
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: snor-toh-ma-tik
Sentence: following his dog around with the pooper scooper forced him to resist his snortomatic reflex
Etymology: snort, automatic
Scentimental
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sent i men tal
Sentence: Jill hated when Harvey went into his scentimental mode and sniffed everything in sight and imagined the worst of all things he smelled.
Etymology: Scent (smell, aroma) & Mental (affected by a disorder of the mind) & Wordplay on Sentimental (effusively or insincerely emotional)
Sniffasouras
Created by: Daniel999
Pronunciation: sniff a sor as
Sentence: He was so obsessed with sniffing everything around him, they gave him the nickname "sniffasouras".
Etymology:
Whifficionado
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: \wif-fish-ee-uh-NAH-doh\
Sentence: Because Hector was a real whifficionado, anything that came near his face -- the phone, his sunglasses, even his girlfriend -- would get scrutinosed, and fragranalyzed. He had a total sniffixation.
Etymology: whiff - "a slight trace of odor or smell" (aspirated var. of Middle English, weffe) + aficionado - "enthusiast" (Spanish, aficion, -from Latin, affectionem)
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COMMENTS:
I sorry if I've stolen "sniffixation" from you. I was unaware that you used it in your sentence. I'm happy to withdraw it & ubstitute "fragranxiety". I'm a fan of whifficionado; it's a great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-29: 04:28:00
No problem. Great minds think alike -- apparently, so do we sometimes. ;) I though that your word 'smellancholy' was brilliant. - Tigger, 2007-11-29: 12:21:00
I think this captures the 'essence' of the definition. - kabloozie, 2007-11-29: 19:52:00
Excellent word. Very funny. - franke, 2007-11-30: 10:02:00
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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