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Dutch
Etymology
From oor + -en- + maffia. Coined by Karin Spaink in 1992.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: oren‧maf‧fia
Noun
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