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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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Tactonate
Created by: flyingheadlice
Pronunciation: TAK-toh-nate
Sentence: He likes to tactonate his belly button lint.
Etymology: tactile, nasal
Snootinize
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: SNOO-tin-ize
Sentence: No one knows why he needs to snootinize everything. Perhaps he has a sick scents.
Etymology: scrutinize, snoot
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COMMENTS:
Shazam! Excellent creativity! - Mustang, 2007-11-29: 07:57:00
Agreed! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-29: 16:36:00
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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:
Carlos had King Kong nostrils? - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:10:00
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Compulsniff
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: come-pul-sniff
Sentence: Kathleen was a bit compulsniff, especially when it came to books. She would pick one up and quickly thumb the pages to release the book's scent. Yearbooks were--and still are--the best smelling books around.
Etymology: compulsive + sniff
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COMMENTS:
Mmmmmm Boooooks! Yummy smells! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-27: 20:19:00
Great word, Nuwanda...makes scents! - Nosila, 2008-10-27: 21:03:00
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Compulsniff
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəmpəlsnif
Sentence: Gerry is obsessed with how things smell. Everything he uses must smell just right. He will compulsniff everything he touches. Last week he returned his new car to the dealership because it didn’t have enough new-car smell.
Etymology: compulsive (resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge) + sniff (draw in air audibly through the nose to detect a 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
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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Whifficionado
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: \wif-fish-ee-uh-NAH-doh\
Sentence: Because Hector was a real whifficionado, anything that came near his face -- the phone, his sunglasses, even his girlfriend -- would get scrutinosed, and fragranalyzed. He had a total sniffixation.
Etymology: whiff - "a slight trace of odor or smell" (aspirated var. of Middle English, weffe) + aficionado - "enthusiast" (Spanish, aficion, -from Latin, affectionem)
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COMMENTS:
I sorry if I've stolen "sniffixation" from you. I was unaware that you used it in your sentence. I'm happy to withdraw it & ubstitute "fragranxiety". I'm a fan of whifficionado; it's a great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-29: 04:28:00
No problem. Great minds think alike -- apparently, so do we sometimes. ;) I though that your word 'smellancholy' was brilliant. - Tigger, 2007-11-29: 12:21:00
I think this captures the 'essence' of the definition. - kabloozie, 2007-11-29: 19:52:00
Excellent word. Very funny. - franke, 2007-11-30: 10:02:00
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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'
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