coprolalia; uncontrollable obscene language
Medical term for a symptom, often associated with Tourette syndrome, characterized by involuntary utterance of socially inappropriate or obscene words.
Coprolalia is one of the symptoms of Tourette syndrome.
Compound of 汚 (o, 'dirty') + 言 (gen, 'speech') + 症 (shō, 'symptom' or 'condition'). A medical term formed from kanji components.