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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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Sniffmonger
Created by: frankierio
Pronunciation: snif-mong-r
Sentence: Not only did Jeff smell everything on his plate before he ate it, he even sniffed me.He is such a sniffmonger.
Etymology:
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:
Phew, I hope he doesnt run into a skunk! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-29: 16:31:00
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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:
Nasolepsy
Created by: Poetikat
Pronunciation: nay zo lep see
Sentence: She was baffled when he suddenly had to take a whiff of everything in sight, but he explained it as his nasolepsy affliction.
Etymology: naso - nasal lepsy - attack
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COMMENTS:
Nice takeoff on narcolepsy. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:16:00
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Eversniffthing
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (Ever-sniff-thing)
Sentence: You seem to be eversniffthing anything you pick up.
Etymology: ever- 'ever'ything sniff- smell something thing- every'thing'
Obscensitivity
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Ob-sens-uh-TIV-uh-ty
Sentence: Ralph had a major case of obscentsitivity and would sniff everything, foods, personal grooming tools, and other inanimate objects with some kind of misguided notion that he could determine the safety or value of those things.
Etymology: Blend of obsessive, scent, and sensitivity.
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COMMENTS:
A triple whammy! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:09:00
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Odoretentiveness
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: OH-de-REE-ten-TIV-ness
Sentence: Bob's odoretentiveness was becoming serious. If he couldn't identify each odor specifically, he would become sniffixated, full of smellancholy and fragrangsted. However, Roxie wasn't worried: Bob, after all, was of Greek background, and besides a fellow called Odorpus Reakes, was one of his ancesstors!
Etymology: Conflation of ODOR & RETENTIVENESS to describe a person with such attention to detail of odors, smells and the like that the obsession becomes an annoyance to others, and can be carried out to the detriment of the odor-retentive person.
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COMMENTS:
Thanks for all the "bonus" words in there, creative one! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:17:00
Hey, Bob...aren't you from the same land as Smell Gibson?? Good Word! - Nosila, 2008-10-27: 21:00:00
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Reconnosesense
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ree kon ohs ens
Sentence: His reconnosesense was unstinting even when the object was unstinking
Etymology: reconnaissance nose sense
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-27: 13:26:00
Very nice. Concise sentence, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:14:00
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Snifferize
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: snif-er-ize
Sentence: Teddy had a problem as he would always snifferize his cell phone when it rang.
Etymology: Play on the word sniff
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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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