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#78177 08/14/02 04:06 PM
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By another name:
the worthless word for the day is: lalochezia

emotional discharge gained by uttering foul language
(from G. lalia, speech, + chezo, to relieve oneself)

found in The On-line Medical Dictionary

-tsuwm http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/



#78178 08/14/02 04:10 PM
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I don't think they're the same at all, Dr. Bill. Coprolalia is the act of using the foul language; lalochezia is the feeling of relief you get from performing the act.


#78179 08/14/02 05:22 PM
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At least there is this difference: coprolalia is a compulsion to use shitty words, but
with no pleasure. With luck lalochezia may be followed by a reduction of tension.
Which may be paid for by maternal administration of lingual lavage.



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