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Manias is Local Brisbane Australian Hardcore band, they were formed in 2007 by two brothers (KUSHDOG snr)Alex Counter and (KushDogg JNR)Stavros Counter. In 2010 school mates Xavier Bell and Chris George began jamming with the two band members and shortly formed the close nit band of Manias. There are no album realises but they have realised 3 songs from there EP Manias Returns. The band has a close cult following, the die hard supporters call themselves the loose screws, other break off's from the family like group ( The Loose Screws) have been established such as An Urban Exploring group called Ghost Town Squad (GTS), other muscians in the loose screws such as "DJ Death Beats Trebos" has gone varial and plays often at mental block parties and filthy house disco's. The group is known to be extremely dangerious, and if seen it has been urged to call the police immidiatly after leaving the premises ( death will most likely follow). Often famous bands will speak out towards The Loose Screws, Bands such as Led Zeppelin Often in there interviews mention the influence the loose screws had and have on there music, other muscians such as, Xavier rudd, Frencal Romb, Extortion, Pink Floyd, Chali Tuna, Rage Against the machine. Other bands such as A Day to Remember have spoken out about their hate for this ferall group of people. Manias can be heard on ZZZ fm. All Hail Kramer.

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  • cacodaemomania, one's own inhabitation by evil spirits (delusional conviction) [synonym - cacodemomania] => [caco-] (Greek) meaning 'bad', 'evil' or 'unpleasant') | [daemon-] (Greek) 'devil',

'demon', 'evil spirit', 'an intermediary spirit between gods and men which could be good or evil'

  • cacodemomania, one's own inhabitation by evil spirits (delusional conviction) [synonym - cacodaemomania] => [caco-] (Greek) meaning 'bad', 'evil' or 'unpleasant') | [demon-] (Greek) 'devil',

'demon', 'evil spirit', 'an intermediary spirit between gods and men which could be good or evil'

  • cacospectomania, staring at repulsive things => [caco-] (Greek: 'bad', 'evil' or 'unpleasant') | [spect-] (Latin) meaning 'see', 'look', 'behold' or 'examine')
  • capnomanioa, smoking tobacco products => [capno-] (Greek) meaning 'smoke', 'sooty' or 'carbon dioxide'
  • callomania, one's own beauty (delusional conviction) => [callo-] (Greek) meaning 'beautiful'
  • catapedamania, jumping from high places => [cata-] (Greek] meaning 'downward' or 'lower' | [ped-] (Greek) 'ground', 'earth'
  • cheromania, gaiety
  • chinamania, china
  • chiomomania, snow => [chion-] (Greek) meaning 'snow' or 'like snow'
  • chiromania, masturbation (in males only) => [chiro-] (Greek) meaning 'hand' or 'pertaining to the hand or hands'
  • choreomania, dancing [synonym - choromania] => [choreo-] (Greek) meaning 'dance'
  • choromania, dancing [synonym - choreomania] => [choro-] (Greek) meaning 'dance'
  • clinomania, excessive desire to stay in bed
  • cremnomania, climbing cliffs => [cremno-] (Latin) meaning 'precipice', 'cliff' or 'crag').
  • cresomania, great wealth
  • chloralomania, chloral (alcohol and chlorine)
  • copromania, feces => [copro-] (Greek) meaning 'feces', 'excrement', 'filth'
  • cynomania, dogs => [cyno-] (Greek) meaning 'dog'
  • cytheromania, human sexual behaviour/desire towards males (in females only) [synonyms - nymphomania & hysteromania] => [cyther-] (Greek) referring to 'Kytheria' - another name for Venus (Roman goddess of love) or Aphrodite (Greek goddess of love)

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  • dacnomania, the obsession with killing.
  • decidomania, decisions {see decidophobia}.
  • demonomania, one's own demonic possession (delusional conviction).
  • dendromania, trees and forest => [dendro-] (Greek) meaning 'tree').
  • decalcomania, decal (decorative technique of transferring specially prepared paper prints to ceramic surfaces i.e. glass, porcelain, etc.).
  • desanimania, mindless insanity (condition) => [anim-] (Latin) 'living', 'soul' or 'mind'
  • dermatillomania, picking at the skin.
  • dinomania, dancing [alternate definition: - dinosaur obsession].
  • dinomania, dinosaurs [alternate definition: - dancing obsession].
  • dipsomania, alcohol => [dipso-] (Greek) meaning 'thirst'.
  • discomania, disco music
  • doramania, furs ownership
  • doromania, giving gifts => [dat-, dow-, don-, dit-] (Greek > Latin) meaning 'to give', 'to grant' or 'to offer'.
  • drapetomania, running away from home [pseudoscience]
  • dromomania, travel
  • dysmorphomania, one's physical deformity or abnormality (delusional conviction)

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  • ecdemomania, wandering => [ecdemo-] (Greek) meaning 'away from home').
  • ecomania, family dominance but authority submission => [eco-] (Greek) meaning 'home, household affairs').
  • edeomania, genitals => [edeo-] (Greek) meaning 'genitals' literally, 'those things that are regarded with reverence or awe'.
  • egomania, oneself and self-worship => [ego-] (Latin) meaning 'I - first person/singular pronoun').
  • eleutheromania, freedom => [eleuthero-] (Greek) meaning 'freedom'.
  • emetomania, vomiting => [emeto-] (Greek) meaning 'regurgitate'.
  • empleomania, holding public office.
  • enomania, wine [synonym oenomania] => [oeno-, eno-] (Greek) meaning 'wine'.
  • enosimania, one's own sinful behaviour (delusional conviction)
  • entheomania, one's divine inspiration (delusional conviction) => [theo-] (Greek) meaning 'deity' or 'divine').
  • entomomania, insects => [entomon] (Greek) meaning 'insect'
  • epomania, writing epics
  • eremiomania, stillness and solitude => [eraemia] (Greek) meaning 'solitude'
  • ergasiomania, work [synonym - ergomania] => [ergasio- or ergo-] (Greek) meaning 'work'.
  • ergomania, work [synonym - ergasiomania] => [ergasio- or ergo-] (Greek) meaning 'work'.
  • erotomania, 1) sexual desire 2) sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction) => [eroto-] (Greek) meaning 'sexual passion' or 'desire'.
  • erythomania, blushing
  • esthesiomania, insanity with sensory hallucinations [condition] => [esthesio-] (Greek) meaning 'sensation' or 'perception'.
  • etheromania, ether => [ethero-] (Greek > Latin) meaning 'upper air' or 'sky'.
  • ethnomania, one's own people => [ethno-] (Greek) meaning 'race', 'nation', 'family' or 'community'.
  • eulogomania, eulogies

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  • flagellomania, flogging => [flagello-] (Latin) meaning 'whip'.
  • florimania, flowers => [flori-] (Latin) meaning 'flower'.
  • francomania, France and the French [see gallomania]
  • fumomania, smoking => [fum-] (Latin) 'smoke', 'vapor'

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  • gallomania, France and the French [see francomania] => [gallo-] (Latin) meaning 'pertaining to Gaul'.
  • gamomania, issuing odd and/or extravagant marriage proposals => [gamo-] (Greek) meaning 'marriage' or 'wedding').
  • Graecomania, Greece and the Greeks [see Hellenomania]
  • graphomania, writing => [grapho-] (Greek) meaning 'to write'.
  • gynaecomania, sexual interest for women => [gynaeco-] (Greek) meaning 'woman'.

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  • habromania, gaiety and euphoria
  • hagiomania, sainthood => [hagio-] (Greek) meaning 'sacred' or 'holy'
  • Hellenomania, Greece and the Greeks [see Graecomania]
  • hexametromania, hexameter writing
  • hieromania, religious visions => [hiero-] (Greek) meaning 'sacred' or 'holy'.
  • hippomania, 1) horses (A passion or obsession with horses[1] as well as a madness in horses[2]) => [hippo-] (Greek) meaning 'horse' [see hippophobia (opposite)] 2) hippopotamuses (passion or obsession with hippopotamuses [3] => [hippo-] (Greek) meaning 'horse' & [ potamos ] (Greek) meaning 'river'.
  • hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliomania, long words (excessive and persistent use of long words) [see hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliomania (opposite)]
  • hulkamania, the fandom of Hulk Hogan
  • hydromania, water => [hydro-] (Greek) meaning 'water'.
  • hylomania, 1) materialism => [hylo-] (Greek) meaning 'materialism' or 'wood' 2) wood => [hylo-] (Greek) meaning 'materialism' or 'wood'.
  • hypermania, (severe mania) mental state with high intensity disorientation and often violent behavior - symptomatic of bipolar disorder => [hyper-] (Greek) meaning 'abnormal excess'.
  • hypomania, (mild mania) mental state with persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood - symptomatic of manic-depression => [hypo-] (Greek) meaning 'deficient'.
  • hysteromania, human sexual behaviour/desire towards males (females only) [synonyms - nymphomania, cytheromania] => [hystero-] (Greek) meaning "the womb' or 'uterus'.

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References

  1. ^ "Dictionary.com Entry". - hippomania (n) - a passion for horses Etymology: Greek hippos 'horse' .
  2. ^ "In both cases, the horses’ extreme aggression and their subsequent anthropophagic behaviour were attributed to their madness (hippomania) induced by the custom of feeding them with flesh." -- Yiannis G. Papakostas, Michael D. Daras, Ioannis A. Liappas and Manolis Markianos, "Horse madness (hippomania) and hippophobia". [2005] 16(4) History of Psychiatry 467-471.
  3. ^ Lianne Hart, Hart, Lianne (8 August 2003). "Hippo mania in Texas / Mayor turning town into theme park for big beast". The San Francisco Chronicle. SFGate (California, United States), 8 August 2003.

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