Dictionaries:
coprophagia:
1. The irresistible impulse to write obscene words and phrases and to draw graffiti on the walls of public toilets, especially words and drawings pertaining to excrement or sexual activities involving the anus .Etymology: From copro , feces, and phagy , to eat .
2. Or: coprophagy , the eating of filth or feces.
Quote: 'Eat shit! A million flies can't be wrong .' Encyclopedia of Graffiti . R. Reisner & L. Wechsler.
3. In psychiatry, this condition is occasionally symptomatic of deteriorated schizophrenica, a regression to the anal stage of psychosexual development.
See Also: coprophagy
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