{{short description|Involuntarily writing or drawing obscenities}} {{distinguish|Coprophagia}} '''Coprographia''' is involuntarily making vulgar writings or drawings.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.uwm.edu/Course/ling210/lectures/semantics-2.pdf | title=Linguistics 210 Semantics | work=Semantic features and Tourette’s Syndrome | access-date= November 21, 2006 }}<!--While this source defines coprographia, it makes misrepresentations about coprophenomena in relation to Tourette's; they are not common, and not required for diagnosis.-->{{dead link|date=January 2026}}</ref> The word comes from the Greek {{lang|grc|κόπρος}} ({{Transliteration|grc|kópros}}), meaning "feces", and {{lang|grc|γραφή}} ({{Transliteration|grc|graphḗ}}), meaning "writing".{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} Related terms are coprolalia, the involuntary usage of obscene and/or profane words,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coprolalia |title=Coprolalia |work=Dictionary.com |access-date=21 November 2006}}{{dead link|date=January 2026}}</ref> and copropraxia, the involuntary performance of obscene gestures.<ref name=dude>{{cite journal | author = Schapiro NA | year = 2002 | title = "Dude, you don't have Tourette's": Tourette's syndrome, beyond the tics | journal = Pediatr Nurs| volume = 28 | issue = 3| pages = 243–6, 249–53 | pmid = 12087644 }}</ref> It should not be confused with the behavior of smearing actual feces, which is called scatolia.<ref name=scatolia>{{cite web |url=https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/44410 |title=Interventions to decrease the occurrence of scatolia in children with developmental disabilities |last=Hugus |first=Kristie Ann |access-date=January 13, 2026}}</ref>
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