Verboticism: Kleptaromatist

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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Aromamania
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Aro-ma-may-nea
Sentence: Jerry was a compulsive aromamania. He could not resist the urge to sniff everything that he came across, he only agreed to get professional help when, one day he inadvertently sniffed his old trainers and made himself so ill that he had to take the day off work!
Etymology: Aroma(a distinctive smell) + Mania(obsessive enthusiasm) = Aromamania
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COMMENTS:
Aromamania...isn't that the annual smellfest held each year in New Mexico, where everybody brings vials of aromas to swap and sell? - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:08:00
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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.
Obsesscent
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uhb/ses/sent
Sentence: He is annoyingly obsesscent to the point of whiffing everything he comes in contact with. This schnozealous behaviour is to say the least neurotic and sniffsessive.
Etymology: obsess + scent
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COMMENTS:
Excellent creation - Mustang, 2007-11-29: 21:55:00
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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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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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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:
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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Tactonate
Created by: flyingheadlice
Pronunciation: TAK-toh-nate
Sentence: He likes to tactonate his belly button lint.
Etymology: tactile, nasal
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
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'
