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Mrs.Claim | 18:31 Tue 20th Feb 2007 | Word Origins
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What is the medical term for someone who is too nosey?
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Such unnatural needs are called 'philias' and their names are made up from the appropriate Greek root-word with some element of 'philia' tacked onto the front or back.
Greek for 'knowledge', which is what a nosey person likes to get hold of, is 'gnosi', so how about 'gnosophile'? It has the added attraction of actually sounding like 'nosey', being pronounced nose -o - file.

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