Lalochezia

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A state of feeling relief or pleasure derived from the use of profane or vulgar language
2. The emotional release or satisfaction that comes from swearing or using coarse expressions
3. A form of catharsis experienced through the utterance of obscenities or taboo words

Etymology: Lalochezia is a modern coinage, built from two Ancient Greek roots: "lalos" (talkative, chattering, from "laleo," to talk or babble) and "khezo," meaning "to defecate." The "-chezia" ending is the same stem, so the word literally combines talk with excrement. It is a technical-sounding formation, the kind of word a writer or clinician might assemble from classical parts when no existing English term would do. The sense is a playful inversion of the Greek roots. Swearing is treated as a kind of verbal waste, and the relief it brings is pictured as a bodily release. The compound makes the comparison explicit, which is why it reads as both clinical and comic.

Synonyms: swearing, cussing