Verboticism: Obscensitivity
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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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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Rhinomaniacal
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /rie-no-muh-nie-uh-kul/
Sentence: This rhinomaniacal freak just sniffed the aluminum foil he borrowed to see if it was fresh.
Etymology: "rhinoplasty" and "egomaniacal"
Inhailstorm
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in hayle storm
Sentence: Being with Eddie was like always being in an inhailstorm. This was because he had to compulsively sniff at each and everything, just to ensure it had not gone off. One could easily testify that the only thing that had ever "gone off" was Eddie himself. Once a gifted wine "nose" and then a gifted perfume "nose", Eddie had smelltered himself to the situation where people only called upon him if their carbon monoxide detectors failed or they suspected a gas leak. Yes, Eddie had stuck his nose in one too many places and now was facing a de-scent into madness!
Etymology: hail (precipitate as small ice particles;enthusiastic greeting ) & inhale (to breathe in) & hailstorm (a storm during which hail falls)
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COMMENTS:
PEALS of uproarious laughter, Lady! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:03:00
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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:
Sniffixation
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: snif-fik-SEYT-shun
Sentence: Bob's sniffixation was becoming serious. If he couldn't identify each odor specifically, he would become smellancholy and full of fragranxiety. However, Roxie wasn't worried. After all Bob was of Greek background, and one of his ancestors was a fellow called Odorpus Reakes!
Etymology: Sniffixation: conflation of sniff: to investigate, percieve, or detect by or as if by sniffing; to smell & fixation: compulsive peoccupation with something. Cognates: Sniffixate, Sniffixatious.
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COMMENTS:
I think his ancestor was famous also for solving 'the riddle of the stinx' - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-29: 14:20:00
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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)
Obscensitive
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob-SENT-seh-tiv
Sentence: Waldo is thoroughly obscentsitive with his disgusting habit of sniffing everything from his food to his cell phone and even his discarded clothing.
Etymology: Blend of obsessive, scent, and sensitive
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:
Nanal
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: nay - nal
Sentence: He was so incredibly nanal that he refused to use my smellphone and he would keep his distench whenever I ate old cheese.
Etymology: nanal - nasal + anal, smellphone - a cellphone that needs a good wiping with a sanitizer, distench - keeping space between oneself and offensive odors (distance + stench)
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COMMENTS:
Great verbotomy! He was working both ends against the middle. :-) - Mustang, 2007-11-29: 07:58:00
Short and sweet (or stinky). Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-29: 19:11:00
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