ROGD

Anti-trans campaigners call this 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' (ROGD) but there is no such phenomenon listed in clinical research. The only evidence for ROGD has come from a poorly designed study (Littman 2018) that has been criticised by its own university […]

2019, Sam Hope, Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 51:

Michael Bailey and Ray Blanchard have expressed some preliminary thoughts based on interviews with mothers of ROGD children and clinicians […]

2020, Charles Murray, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class, Twelve, →ISBN:

rapid-onset gender dysphoria
rapid-onset gender dysphoria#English

(gender critical, pseudoscience) Initialism of rapid-onset gender dysphoria.


radiendocrinator

(medicine, historical) A case of radium intended to be worn against the skin, claimed to treat various ailments (but actually dangerously radioactive).


typtology

From Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, “to strike”) + -logy.

der

(historical) The supposed science or theory of the rapping sounds produced by spirits at a séance.


fad diet

Usually a fad diet will take one idea that research has shown to be somewhat beneficial and take it to the extreme. A good example of this is the statement “Eat seaweed at every meal.”

2009, Brandi Sentz, Kelli Glass, How to Eat Fried Chicken, and Be Thin Too, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 33:

A diet that is popular only for a short time, a novelty diet; a fad in food.


healy-feely

en-adj

healy-feely (comparative more healy-feely, superlative most healy-feely)

more healy-feely (comparative)
most healy-feely (superlative)

From heal + -y (from how New Age pseudoscience often promotes a "healing" narrative to sell products) + feely (from the importance of feelings and emotions in such practices).

af

Not to get all healy-feely on you or anything, but I believe that is what they call a “breakthrough” in the therapy game. For one thing, it shed some light on a behavior I'm now working through […]

2012, Dan Zevin, he Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up:

[…] much more palatable to me than talking of chakras and clearing bad energy. It sounded more magical, less New Age. Once we settled on a not too healy-feely compromise, we sent out email flyers to everyone we knew.

2012, Lone Morch, Seeing Red: A Woman's Quest for Truth, Power, and the Sacred:

As anyone who has been around the healy-feely crowd long enough knows, the second Noble Truth of Buddhism states that the cause of all suffering is attachments.

2018, Paul M. Cole, POW/MIA Accounting: Volume I:

(derogatory, informal) Relating to, or believing in, New Age pseudoscience.


psychokinesiology

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

A form of alternative medicine that aims to uncover the workings of the unconscious mind by testing the muscles of the body.


urine therapy

(pseudoscience, alternative medicine) The use of human urine for purported medicinal or cosmetic purposes.


wooish

en-adj

wooish (comparative more wooish, superlative most wooish)

more wooish (comparative)
most wooish (superlative)

(informal, derogatory) Having or relating to supernatural or pseudoscientific beliefs.


Himalayan salt

A form of rock salt from the Punjab region, sometimes pinkish in colour, used for seasoning food and for making decorative lamps etc.


trickle-down hypothesis

The trickle-down hypothesis assumes society is composed of homogenous people with equal chances of participating in the market and finding jobs.

2013, Santosh Mehrotra, Enrique Delamonica, Eliminating Human Poverty […] , Zed Books Ltd., →ISBN:

(economics, pseudoscience) The idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody else.

hipótesis del goteo / derrame / derramamiento hacia abajo


SOCE

The suggestion that evangelical “ex-gay” ministries like Exodus have anything to do with health or happiness invites ... and secular LGBT-affirmative groups often characterize SOCE as a ploy of the political right to grant anti-gay agendas a ...

2013, John Fletcher, Preaching to Convert: Evangelical Outreach and Performance Activism in a Secular Age, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 263:

They apply to semiprofessional and professional practitioners who call themselves variously reparative therapists, SOCE (“sexual orientation change efforts”) therapists, ex-gay therapists, or conversion therapists, all who have one thing in ...

2014, Martin Kantor MD, Why a Gay Person Can't Be Made Un-Gay: The Truth About Reparative Therapies, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN:

However, therapists were hearing more and more horror stories about SOCE therapy from their clients.

2018, Chuck Stewart, Documents of the LGBT Movement, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN:

sexual orientation change efforts#English

(LGBTQ, pseudoscience) Initialism of sexual orientation change efforts.


Myers' cocktail

An intravenous mixture of vitamins and minerals used in naturopathic treatments.


hyperdiffusionism

(pseudoscience) Pseudoarchaeological hypothesis that postulated that historical technologies can be traced to a single civilization.


telesomatic

From tele- + somatic, coined in 1967 by neurologist Berthold E. Schwarz to describe events he observed in the lives of his patients.

Relating to physical sensations or symptoms that are shared by people who are distant from each other, as if by some kind of telepathy.


neo-creationism

A pseudoscientific movement which attempts to reframe Christian creationism in more scientific terms, rather than citing Biblical scripture to support their claims.


neo-creationist

neo-creationists (plural)
neocreationist (alternative)


abrupt appearance theory

the abrupt appearance theory (canonical)
abrupt appearance (alternative)
theory of abrupt appearance (alternative)

(creationism) A neo-creationist hypothesis which claims that the first life and the universe appeared abruptly, and that plants and animals appeared abruptly in complex form.

punctuated equilibrium

scientific hypothesis with a degree of analogy but entirely consistent with evolution


pseudojournal

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An ingenuine journal, especially a pseudoscientific journal.


archaebaramin

(creationism) A group of the originally created members of a baramin.


neobaramin

(rare, creationism) A group of the currently alive members of a baramin.


paleobaramin

(rare, creationism) A group of older, now deceased members of a holobaramin.


creationist orchard

By analogy with tree of life, to which the diagram was created in opposition.

(pseudoscience) A diagram referenced by Christian creationists that illustrates the alleged origins of multiple unrelated created kinds of species.


day-age creationism

Old Earth creationism
Old Earth creationism

A type of Old Earth creationism which posits that the six days referred to in the Genesis account of creation are not ordinary 24-hour days, but are much longer periods (from thousands to billions of years).


creation scientist

en-noun

creation scientist (plural creation scientists)

Thomas Kuhn had just published his theory of paradigm shifts and scientific revolutions, a brilliant (and controversial) analysis perennially abused by climate-change deniers and creation-scientists, who take him to have said that there’s no way to distinguish kooks from Galileo.

2013 October 22, Alan Levinovitz, “Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine”, in Slate:

Someone who studies and advocates creation science.


teatox

Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the teatox craze is the glamour being sold along with the product.

2018, Megan Jayne Crabbe, Body Positive Power:

(informal, neologism) An attempt to remove harmful toxins from the body by consuming tea.


hypnosurgery

Surgery carried out with the patient in a state of hypnosis rather than anesthesia.


zero balancing

A form of manual therapy claiming to manipulate energy fields within the human skeleton to improve physical and mental well-being.


anorgonia

A deficit of orgone energy within an organism.


mucoid plaque

Coined by the naturopath and entrepreneur Richard Anderson.

gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

(alternative medicine) A supposed combination of harmful mucus-like material and food residue, claimed to exist as a coating on the gastrointestinal tract.


pseudobiology

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Any body of knowledge or work purporting to adhere to the scientific standards of biology that in fact does not; biological pseudoscience.


oscilloclast

That is to say, that the ailing human body would receive more vibration and a greater quantity of electricity from the work of a competent masseur using one hand than it would from a whole battery of oscilloclasts.

(pseudoscience, historical) A device that was supposed to diagnose cancer from tissue samples.


Mars effect

(astrology) A purported statistical correlation between a person's athletic success and the position of the planet Mars relative to the horizon at the time and place of their birth.


flat-earthism

The belief in, or advocacy for, the theory that the planet Earth is flat.


stainless steel soap

A piece of stainless steel claimed to neutralize or reduce strong odors from handling garlic, onions, fish, etc.


Koreshanity

The set of religious and pseudoscientific beliefs put forth by Cyrus Teed (also known as Koresh), including reincarnation, immortality, alchemy, and the idea that the Earth and universe are contained within a concave sphere.


perpetual motion machine of the first kind (plural perpetual motion machines of the first kind)

perpetual motion machine
perpetual motion machine

(physics, pseudoscience) A perpetual motion machine that produces work without the input of energy.

perpetual motion machine of the second kind


perpetual motion machine of the second kind (plural perpetual motion machines of the second kind)

(physics, pseudoscience) A perpetual motion machine that spontaneously converts thermal energy into mechanical work.


Lüscher test

Invented by Max Lüscher, Swiss psychotherapist.

A discredited psychological test that uses a person's color preferences to measure their personality.


orgone accumulator

orgone accumulator (plural orgone accumulators)

The orgone accumulator is an ordinary box big enough for a man to sit inside on a chair: a layer of wood, a layer of metal, and another layer of wood gather in orgones from the atmosphere and hold them captive long enough for the human body to absorb more than a usual share.

1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 7, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 2:

(historical, pseudoscience) A box designed to isolate and intensify orgone energy.


astrodiagnosis

The relatives of this case finally consulted me for astrodiagnosis. Saturn in the 7th house with afflicted Moon, no doubt indicates a tumor.

1972, Jagannath Rao, Principles and Practice of Medical Astrology, page 151:

The use of astrology to diagnose illness.


pyrotron

/ˈpaɪ.ɹəˌtɹɑn/


colloidal silver

colloidal silver (plural colloidal silvers)

(alternative medicine, pseudoscience) colloid consisting of silver particles suspended in liquid, originally used by doctors from the early 20th century until the 1940s (when antibiotics emerged) and then experiencing a revival from about 1990, when it was marketed with scientifically unsupported claims of it being an essential mineral supplement, or that it can prevent or treat numerous diseases


starlight problem

Young Earth creationism
Young Earth creationism

(creationism, pseudoscience) The conflict between Young Earth creationism (asserting that the universe is thousands of years old) and the starlight-related measurements that show the universe to be billions of years old.


homo negronus

A pseudo-Latinism. Latin homō (“human being”) + negro, made to resemble a Latin adjective, cf. Homo erectus.

Aren't the tan peeps from northern Africa and the camel faces from the
Mid-East technically caucasoid?
I guess you'll tell us that the pyramids were designed by homo
negronus too.

2003 October 19, BroJack, “Even Monkey Lady Jane Goodall Doesn't Like Bush”, in alt.native (Usenet):

Having to actually live in the same village with homo negronus
primitiva. Whatever happened to tolerance?

2005 December 30, Whigger Smasher, “South African Liberals' Worst Nightmare”, in alt.society.liberalism (Usenet):

Homo negronus can get away with this kind of shit and everybody just
chuckles, but if a homo sapiens did the same thing to homo negronus,
there'd be bongo party-riots and anti-white outrage in the media

2009 September 14, Way Back Jack, “Obama-Voting Rap Chimp Shows His True Cullah”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

And you pussy liberals say that they're human.
Homo negronus is a separate species; no fucking doubt about it.

2009 November 7, ObamaNation Is An Abomination, “Negresses Head-Butt, Sit-On, & Urinate-On Security Guard”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet):

How many more thousands of years will it take for homo negronus to
become human?

2009 November 21, Nobama, “Motown Pappy Kills His Son For Humpin' His 3-Yr.-Old Sister”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):

2010 June 20, Obama, Pelosi, Holder : The Axis Of Evil, “Understanding Homo Negronus”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

(ethnic slur) A supposed taxonomic species to which dark-skinned people belong.


homo negronus Americanus

A pseudo-Latinism. homo negronus + New Latin Americanus (“American”).

- It's scientifically may very well be that Homo Negronus Americanus may be
more biologically susceptible to HSV2 transmission than Homo Whitus
Americanus, Homo Asianus Americanus, and Homo Hispanicus Americanus.

2005 October 10, No Name, “Re: White Oppression at College: Business as Usual.”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

(Drawings and descriptions of homo negronus Americanus suspects
provided at website)

2005 December 2, Way Back Jack, “Negro Serial Rapist -- Age 11”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet):

Illegals kill considerably less than are killed by homo negronus
Americanus .... so far.
But they're certainly catching up to the homies.
Point is that the illegals don't belong here, dumbass.
The homies do .... sadly.

2010 April 20, * US *, “Illegals On A Murderous RAMPAGE!!”, in az.politics (Usenet):

It's the homo negronus Americanus which accomplished ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING despite all the
"gibs me dat" welfare.

2010 June 28, ObamaNation=Abomination, “I'm Not A Racist”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

Memphis jigaboos are in the minor league compared to jigaboos in
Motown, Baltimore, Gary, E. St. Louis, and several other places ...
That's where you'll find your super-vicious breed of homo negronus
Americanus.

2011 March 6, Twayne, “Sad, but ture...our beloved jack-off jack is indeed a rabid racist”, in alt.social-security-disability (Usenet):

(ethnic slur) The supposed taxonomic species of African-Americans.


neurocalometer

A thermographic device used in chiropractic, supposed to detect subluxation.


reiki usui

1970s', from Japanese 霊気 (reiki, literally “spiritual chi/ki”) and Japanese 臼井 (Usui, literally “mortar well, Mikao Usui Last Name”)

bor

"Reiki Usui Is The Art Of Balancing Chakras" according to their practicicioners.

A type of pseudotherapy that claims to use universal life energy known as Chakra while employing the Mikado Usui Original Methods. .


touch assist

(Scientology) The pseudoscientific practice of touching a person who is injured or ill for the purpose of healing.


Pais effect

Named after Salvatore Pais, American aerospace engineer.

electromagnetic field
electromagnetic field

The supposed ability of electrically charged matter, under controlled conditions of spin or vibration, to generate high-energy electromagnetic fields.


intelligent designist

en-noun

intelligent designist (plural intelligent designists)

Although Intelligent Design has its share of scientific supporters, most remain resolute that I.D. is at best pseudo-science. Critics contend that the evidence upon which intelligent designists base most of their assumptions—for example, that the biblical Great Flood carved the Grand Canyon—is nothing more than faulty logic with footnotes.

2002 April, Steve Jacoby, “Designer Creation: Should a New Theory Be Taught in Public School?”, in Cincinnati, volume 35, number 7, →ISSN, page 18:


spondylotherapy

(historical) A form of therapy involving stimulation by ice, electric currents, etc. of the nerves originating from the spinal cord.


vitapathy

(historical) A Christian religioscientific system claimed to promote physical and spiritual health, introduced by John Bunyan Campbell.


raindrop therapy

I started reading about acupuncture, acupressure, flower essences, Chinese herbals, American herbals, Ayurvedic herbals, raindrop therapy, essential oils, aromatherapy, homeopathy, glandulars, vitamins, folk remedies, […]

2014, Judy Morgan, From Needles to Natural: Learning Holistic Pet Healing, page 44:

Raindrop therapy is the hottest trend in holistic health.

2020, Jennifer Bernard, The Rockwell Legacy:


raindrop technique

Massaged into your back and spine (use the raindrop technique)

2023, Anisa Salmi, Navigating the Tides of Trauma: Workbook, page 66:

Some large animals are able to stand the scent and heat of the human Raindrop Technique, and others cannot.

2008, Rev. Leigh Foster, Reference Guide to Using Essential Oils in the Animal Kingdom, page 40:

A form of reflexology in which essential oils are applied to certain points on the body, accompanied by massage.


lemon water

Some believe lemon water, others add green juices, some use any vegetable juices, and still others use any fruit or vegetable juice. There is also a ginger root cleanse, an olive oil cleanse, and a maple syrup cleanse. The list goes on.

2008, Ruthann Russo, The Raw Food Diet Myth, page 127:

While lemon still has medicinal properties when it has been cooked, hot lemon water does not flush the bloodstream, liver, and body of poisons and toxins.

2022, Anthony William, Medical Medium Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses & Recipes:

Water mixed with lemon juice, claimed to have various health benefits.


Velikovskyism

From Velikovsky + -ism, named after Russian-American psychoanalyst Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979).

named-after

I had read Martin Gardner's polemics against pseudosciences like Scientology and Velikovskyism, and I was on the lookout for more.

2018, David Auerbach, Bitwise: A Life in Code, Vintage, →ISBN:

(pseudoscience) A pseudohistorical interpretation of ancient history and mythology as shaped by catastrophic cosmic events.


Gurwitsch ray

A supposed ultraweak biophotonic ray emitted from living tissue, believed by the Russian embryologist Alexander Gurwitsch to promote mitosis.


radioclast

(pseudoscience, historical) An electronic device that was supposed to cure disease, operating based on tables of frequencies.


reality shifter

en-noun

reality shifter (plural reality shifters)

(spirituality) A person who aims to change the reality their consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.


neuroemotional

Of or relating to a pseudoscientific technique for treating stress, according to which muscular responses from the body are taken to indicate emotional issues.


spontaneous human combustion

spontaneous human combustion (uncountable)

Winter is the season in which spontaneous human combustion most frequently occurs; because cold air, which is a bad conductor of electricity, favors the ideo-electric state of th animal body.

1829, A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mecahnics, volume VI, London: Thomas Tegg, page 243, column 1:

Remember the strange case of "spontaneous human combustion", in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1951? Mrs. Mary H. Reeser, 67, was discovered in her apartment where she was almost completely destroyed by fire. Yet, the apartment itself wasn’t damaged and newspapers near the chair in which she was cremated weren’t even scorched! Scientists said it would take unbelievable temperatures to destroy her body so completely, and the fact that nothing else was damaged in the room didn’t make sense at all.

1953, George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues - Other Flesh, London: Neville Spearman, page 293:

spontaneous combustion
spontaneous combustion

The supposed spontaneous combustion of human beings without an apparent external source of ignition.


Allais effect

Named after Maurice Allais who first reported the alleged effect.

(uncommon) The alleged anomalous behavior of pendulums or gravimeters which is sometimes purportedly observed during a solar eclipse.


gong bath

The practice of lying down and listening to the vibrations of a gong, claimed to have spiritual benefits or to serve as a kind of massage.


rapid-onset gender dysphoria

rapid-onset gender dysphoria (uncountable)

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Coined by Lisa Littman in July 2016. First appeared in a notice posted to a gender-critical blog and was later popularized by a 2018 paper by Littman.

rapid onset gender dysphoria (alternative)

Rapid onset gender dysphoria, by contrast, usually only relates to biological females, and is determined by a sudden acknowledgment they may be trans with little to no prior signals.

2022 September 8, Nikolas Lanum, “New 'Tucker Carlson Originals' two-part special sees 'detransitioners' speak out against trans 'movement'”, in Fox News:

(gender critical, pseudoscience) Controversial and scientifically unsupported subset of gender dysphoria claimed to be caused by social influence.

Rapid onset gender dysphoria controversy


sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts pl (plural only)

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conversion therapy
conversion therapy#English

(LGBTQ, pseudoscience) Synonym of conversion therapy.


sexual orientation change efforts

sexual orientation change efforts pl (plural only)

Father Paul Sullins, a researcher with The Ruth Institute, analyzed data on lesbians, gays, and bisexuals who consider suicide after undergoing sexual orientation change efforts (often referred to as "conversion therapy"), and his findings undermine the LGBTQ narrative.

2024 January 31, Tyler O'Neil, “New Research on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Turns LGBTQ Narrative on Its Head”, in The Daily Signal:

The Massachusetts Legislature is considering a bill that would ban the controversial practice of sexual orientation change efforts for minors.

2013 June 22, Michael Gryboski, “Massachusetts Legislature Considering Ban on Gay Therapy for Minors”, in The Christian Post:


evo-creo

(slang) Clipping of evolution-creationism.


biofrequency

(New Age) A supposed vibrational frequency associated with bioenergy in the body.


Zermatism

His new science of "Zermatism" is a key to our knowledge of the past, and from it we have learned many of the traits that distinguish the pitiful, jealous human from the forthright, NOBLE Yetinsyn.

2009, Book of the Subgenius, Subgenius Foundation:

"Where to you get all of this obscure information and what the hell is Zermatism and why does it have anything to do with our little research project?"

2013, Paul Howard Johnson, The Answer: Is Bigfoot Listening, page 83:

(historical) A pseudoscientific theory of the Polish artist Stanisław Szukalski, positing that all human culture was derived from post-deluge Easter Island and that humankind was locked in an eternal struggle with the offspring of yeti and humans.


dysaesthesia aethiopica

(US, historical) A supposed mental illness responsible for laziness among black slaves.


vivaxis

Vivaxes can also be made with objects, like symbols. Symbols have an energy field around them.

2010, Bernard Heuvel, The Mysteries, page 107:

[…] a vivaxis with a twenty-five-foot radius extending out from the tree on all sides, with an inner core seven feet in diameter, centered at the base of the tree.

2015, Serge Kahili King, Earth Energies: A Quest for the Hidden Power of the Planet, page 172:


railroad sickness

transport tetany
transport tetany#English


rope worm

(pseudoscience) An intestinal worm, purported to cause various conditions but especially autism; typically identified with strands of intestinal mucus flushed during an enema.


paratrinket

(pseudoscience, neologism, rare) A trinket such as a crystal amulet or magnetic talisman, believed to possess occult, paranormal, or supernatural powers.


Grabovoi number

Grabovoi number (plural Grabovoi numbers)

Introduced by Grigori Petrovich Grabovoi (born 1963).

A series of digits used in numerology, claimed to cure diseases and bring about success.


Budwig protocol

Introduced in 1952 by Johanna Budwig (1908–2003), German biochemist.

A lactovegetarian diet rich in flaxseed oil and avoiding fats and sugar, claimed to be beneficial against cancer.


salt lamp

A lamp that radiates a pink or orange hue, made by placing a light source inside a hollow block of Himalayan salt, and sometimes claimed to have health benefits.


applied kinesiology

applied kinesiology (plural applied kinesiologies)

(alternative medicine) A pseudoscience-based technique in alternative medicine claimed to be able to diagnose illness or choose treatment by testing muscles for strength and weakness.


inductoscope

(obsolete, historical) A device supposed to cure arthritis by magnetic induction.


phrenomesmerism

(historical) The use of phrenology in mesmerism, involving pressure applied to parts of the head.