orenmaffia
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]oor + -en- + maffia. Coined by Karin Spaink in 1992.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: oren‧maf‧fia
Noun
[edit]orenmaffia f or m (uncountable)
- "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.