Verboticism: Aromamania
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.
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
Points: 803
Comments: Aromamania
metrohumanx - 2008-10-27: 20:08:00
Aromamania...isn't that the annual smellfest held each year in New Mexico, where everybody brings vials of aromas to swap and sell?