clipnosis

noun

Etymology

Blend of clip + hypnosis.

  1. borrowed from ὕπνωσις
  2. compounded as clipnosis — “clip + hypnosis

Definitions

  1. The pacification of a domestic cat by pinching its scruff with a clip or clothespin.

The neighborhood

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