Coprographia

Coprographia

Coprographia

Involuntarily writing or drawing obscenities

Not to be confused with Coprophagia.

Coprographia is involuntarily making vulgar writings or drawings.[1] The word comes from the Greek κόπρος (kópros), meaning "feces", and γραφή (graphḗ), meaning "writing".[citation needed] Related terms are coprolalia, the involuntary usage of obscene and/or profane words,[2] and copropraxia, the involuntary performance of obscene gestures.[3] It should not be confused with the behavior of smearing actual feces, which is called scatolia.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Linguistics 210 Semantics" (PDF). Semantic features and Tourette’s Syndrome. Retrieved November 21, 2006. While this source defines coprographia, it makes misrepresentations about copro phenomena in relation to Tourette's: they are not common, and not required for diagnosis.
  2. [2]
    Coprolalia. Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006.
  3. [3]
    Schapiro NA. "Dude, you don't have Tourette's": Tourette's syndrome, beyond the tics. Pediatr Nurs. 2002 May-Jun;28(3):243-6, 249-53. PMID 12087644
  4. [4]
    "Interventions to decrease the occurrence of scatolia in children with developmental disabilities".
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