Tuesday Word: Witzelsucht

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

wit·zel·sucht [vit´sel-zo̳kt]:
origin: (1929) German; witzeln= to affect + Sucht= mania.

noun
Do you know someone who makes jokes at the most inappropriate times?

A person pulling puns until you want to punt them?

It's possible they actually suffer from a mental disorder! Witzelsucht is a frontal lobe disorder (caused by tumor or lesion) that exhibits: a bleak sense of humor and/or obsessively telling bad puns, pointless rambling stories, and being friendly or enthusiastic nearly to the point of hysteria. In rarer cases, they also exhibit hyper-sexuality and their words can take on inappropriate sexual references.

However, those who suffer from the condition are unlikely to laugh at other people's jokes.

So...sort of like Beetlejuice, The Joker, or Deadpool.



In short, Witzelsucht can be summed up as "joke addiction".

Comments

[fieryphoenix.livejournal.com]

This one made me sit and wonder for a while if this is something I deal with. I think not, since I still have a significant degree of control over it, and I can point to other disorders or personality quirks for the rest.

Though I do go into gigglefits occasionally at the most seemingly random observations I verbalize that leave everyone wondering whatzelsucht the hell is wrong with me.

In any case, German words are so fun to say!

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

In any case, German words are so fun to say!

Yes, yes, they are.

Well, it may be time to get yourself a spandex leotard or look around your room to see if anybody left a guidebook to being dead. But if you read the linked article, you may find more clues to lead you to a true answer (containing cases where one partner would wake the other just to bother her with bad puns).