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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Obsession by a word or name; constant involuntary dwelling of the mind upon some one word.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An unnatural obsession with a particular word

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness

Examples

  • “We spanking our vicious web site hosting company auditorium austerely a onomatomania ago and are nifedipine to go devoutly into the virgo to reserpine ottoman weaned toxicodendrons to anesthesiology swami an goofy.”

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  • “The Wonder of Whiffling, out on Thursday, is designed to save readers from onomatomania, or vexation at not being able to find the right word.”

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  • “I sincerely hope that you enjoy reading it, and that it saves you both from mulligrubs, depression of spirits, and onomatomania, vexation in having difficulty finding the right word.”

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  • “Rather it turned him into a mafflard (a stuttering or blundering fool), bedevilled by onomatomania (vexation at having difficulty in finding the right word).”

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  1. obsession
  1. compulsion

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  1. language
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  • marky You were fired :( ouch happened to me last year too. sry 2 hear that. hopefully you're ok! Feb 23, 2010

  • bilby Funny. I was fired too. Feb 23, 2010

  • marky Bilby have you seen this video about the guy who gets fired from Microsoft by Steve Ballmer for not saying Bing right?

    The 'Bing!' Incident Feb 23, 2010

  • bilby Bing! Feb 23, 2010

  • kaitman I had no idea there was a word for this. <3 Feb 23, 2010

  • Dorthy Manel Colloquial. Kuh Low kii ul.

    Dec 8, 2009

  • super-kawy Vexation at having difficulty in finding the right word. May 1, 2009

  • jmjarmstrong JM knows there is a word for onomatomania but just can’t recall it Mar 25, 2009

  • mollusque Bovilexia is proving to be another example. Feb 20, 2008

  • yarb Islets of Langerhans. Islets of Langerhans. Islets of Langerhans. Feb 20, 2008

  • reesetee Plinth. Thrip. Plinth. Thrip. Plinth. Thrip. Plinth. Thrip. Feb 20, 2008

  • sionnach mulct. mulct. mulct. mulct. mulcty mc mulcterson. Feb 20, 2008

  • mollusque Plinth. Plinth, plinth, plinth. Feb 20, 2008

  • kenspeckle I have this for kenspeckle. Feb 17, 2007

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‘onomatomania’ has been looked up 4416 times, loved by 27 people, added to 31 lists, commented on 14 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.