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Coprographia

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Coprographia is involuntarily making vulgar writings or drawings.[1] The word comes from the Greek κόπρος (kópros), meaning "feces", and γραφή (graphḗ), meaning "writing".[citation needed] Related terms are coprolalia, the involuntary usage of obscene and/or profane words,[2] and copropraxia, the involuntary performance of obscene gestures.[3] It should not be confused with the behavior of smearing actual feces, which is called scatolia.[4]

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  1. ^ "Linguistics 210 Semantics" (PDF). Semantic features and Tourette’s Syndrome. Retrieved November 21, 2006. While this source defines coprographia, it makes misrepresentations about copro phenomena in relation to Tourette's: they are not common, and not required for diagnosis.
  2. ^ Coprolalia. Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006.
  3. ^ Schapiro NA (2002). ""Dude, you don't have Tourette's": Tourette's syndrome, beyond the tics". Pediatr Nurs. 28 (3): 243–6, 249–53. PMID 12087644.
  4. ^ "Interventions to decrease the occurrence of scatolia in children with developmental disabilities".