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Often accompanied by mental disorders
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coprolalia
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Wiktionary
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n. The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
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Coprolalia is involuntary swearing or the involuntary utterance of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks. Coprolalia comes from the Greek κόπρος ( kopros ) meaning " feces " and λαλιά ( lalia ) from lalein , "to talk". The term ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"obsessive use of obscene language, either through mental illness or perversion," 1886, from French coprolalie , coined 1885 by de la Tourette, from copro- "dung, filth" + Greek lalia "talk, prattle, a speaking," from lalein "to speak, prattle," of echoic ...
WordNet
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n. an uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders