Try saying it 5 times fast… Well, it’s better to say it than to do it, because this tongue twister refers to the habit of nose-picking – obsessive nose-picking to be precise.
It looks like an example of word invention for its own sake but has appeared in quite a few scientific publications. Some believe it may be an imitation of trichotillomania, an older term for a compulsive desire to pull out one’s hair which derives from the Greek tillesthai, meaning ‘to pull out’.
Eeuw!
