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  1. #PLOSONE article* used #NosePicking, #TheGuardian reported** on #rhinotillexis 😂

    Is this an example for

    "[]Anglo-Saxon words go no further than primitive folk-medicine. In classical words [] we have a system employed for more advanced medical conceptions."[p17]

    or for

    "[]A new word should not be used in place of a simple word in common use. Cephalalgia for headache is pedantry run wild."[p11]🤓

    Roberts (1959), Medical terms. Heinemann.

    * journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    ** theguardian.com/world/2023/aug