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chelster commented on the word cacospectamania
I coined this word in 1996 (in my book There's a Word for It) from the Greek kakos, bad, the Latin spectare, to look at carefully, and -mania, compulsion. It denotes the inability to refrain from staring at something repugnant, or the compulsion to examine something disgusting.
August 17, 2010