orenmaffia

Dutch

Etymology

From oor +‎ -en- +‎ maffia. Coined by Karin Spaink in 1992.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: oren‧maf‧fia

Noun

orenmaffia f or m (uncountable)

1. "mind mob": expression used for therapists that claim diseases originate from psychical causes; the Dutch expression tussen de oren, literary "between the ears", suggests a mental cause of illness