Verboticism: Reconnosesense
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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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.
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'
Obsesscent
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uhb/ses/sent
Sentence: Joe 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: OBSESSCENT - verb - from OBSESS (dwell obsessively upon something) + SCENT (to perceive, or identify by the sense of smell)
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COMMENTS:
SCHNOZOZEALOUS? Hahahahaa cough cough.... - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:12:00
Smells like a new Calvin Klein fragrance... - Nosila, 2008-10-27: 21:01:00
Or a new de-aromarent protective cream! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-28: 02:27:00
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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
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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Sniffixation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: snif-fix-a-shun
Sentence: Jim had such a sniffixation about freshness that Rita refused to go with him to buy groceries anymore. Anyone who watched him smell, poke, squeeze and taste the fruits and vegetables was too grossed out to buy them when he got done with them. He sniffed the meats to make sure they weren't spoiled, the cheeses to see if they were still good and the fish to make sure it hadn't gone belly up. But when he began to sniff the cat food she had enough.
Etymology: sniff + fixation:an obsessive preoccupation
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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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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Funkjunkie
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: funk-junk-ee
Sentence: Fenella's compulsive sniffing had a nasty side-effect whereby she became addicted to strong, even repulsive, odours. She was diagnosed as a funkjunkie.
Etymology: funk (a strong smell) + junkie (addict)
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COMMENTS:
Good one petaj. I like the sound of it. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-29: 19:08:00
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Kleptaromatist
Created by: MichaelCampbellUK
Pronunciation: klep - ta - rome - a - tist
Sentence: Kevin was a confirmed kleptaromatist, compelled to plunder new scents uncontrollably.
Etymology: Kleptomaniac + aromatist
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - Tigger, 2007-12-03: 21:27:00
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