basorexia

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noun

An overwhelming urge to be kissed.

OriginLatin bāsium →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounbasorexia (uncountable)
  1. neologismrareuncountableAn overwhelming urge to be kissed.

    Just beware of basorexia — the sudden urge to kiss someone.

    2017, How Your Brain Works: Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Universe, London: John Murray Learning, →ISBN, page 85
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    Miles's fingers pressed into the small of my back. "Basorexia," he mumbled.

    2015, Greenwillow Books, Made You Up, New York, N.Y.: Greenwillow Books, →ISBN, page 273

    Savannah turned her attention back to Emma, pressing her forehead against the seat only a few inches from Emma's forehead, just like Oliver was doing to Caroline. "Looks like they're having a bad case of basorexia."

    2016, Lindsey Rosin, Cherry, London: Hot Key Books, →ISBN, page 182

    'You don't know everything, Lux,' he says. 'Anyway, right now I've got a serious case of basorexia that I'm hoping you can assist me with.'

    2017, Lydia Ruffles, The Taste of Blue Light, London: Hodder Children's Books, →ISBN, page 156

Origin

  1. Latinbāsium“kiss”
  2. Englishbasorexia

From Latin bāsium (“kiss”) + -orexia. The term is not recorded in other major dictionaries and is likely a neologism. By surface analysis, bas- + -orexia.

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APA

basorexia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basorexia

MLA

“basorexia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basorexia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basorexia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basorexia.

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