orenmaffia
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.