English Explanatory Dictionary

Mariko Aoki phenomenon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The common urge to defecate when entering a bookstore or library.

Word forms

Mariko Aoki phenomenon

Etymology

Named after a Japanese woman who wrote to a magazine about this tendency in 1985.

Synonyms

book bowel tendency book bowels

Related words

gut-brain axis
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