Coprographia

Coprographia is involuntarily making vulgar writings or drawings.^[1] Coprographia comes from the Greek κόπρος meaning "feces" and "graphia" meaning to write.

Related terms are coprolalia, the involuntary usage of scatalogical words,^[2] and copropraxia, the involuntary performance of obscene gestures.^[3]

References

^ "Linguistics 210 Semantics" (pdf). Semantic features and Tourette’s Syndrome. Retrieved November 21, 2006. While this source defines coprographia, it makes misrepresentations about copro phenomena in relation to Tourette's: they are not common, and not required for diagnosis.
^ Coprolalia. Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006.
^ Schapiro NA. "Dude, you don't have Tourette's": Tourette's syndrome, beyond the tics. Pediatr Nurs. 2002 May-Jun;28(3):243-6, 249-53. PMID 12087644

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[1] "Linguistics 210 Semantics" (pdf). Semantic features and Tourette’s Syndrome. Retrieved November 21, 2006. While this source defines coprographia, it makes misrepresentations about copro phenomena in relation to Tourette's: they are not common, and not required for diagnosis.

[2] Coprolalia. Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006.

[dude-3] Schapiro NA. "Dude, you don't have Tourette's": Tourette's syndrome, beyond the tics. Pediatr Nurs. 2002 May-Jun;28(3):243-6, 249-53. PMID 12087644

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v t e Tourette syndrome
Main	Causes and origins History Management Societal and cultural aspects
Terms	Coprolalia Copropraxia Echolalia Echophenomenon Echopraxia Palilalia Palipraxia PANDAS Premonitory urge Sensory phenomena Tic Tic disorder Tourettism
Assessment tools	Yale Global Tic Severity Scale Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale Shapiro TS Severity Scale Tourette Syndrome Clinical Global Impression Tourette's Disorder Scale Autism—Tics, AD/HD, and other Comorbities Motor tic, Obsessions and compulsions, Vocal tic Evaluation Survey
People	Jean-Martin Charcot Donald J. Cohen Georges Gilles de la Tourette Tim Howard Jean Marc Gaspard Itard Samuel Johnson James F. Leckman Arthur K. Shapiro
Organizations	Tourette Association of America Tourette Canada Tourettes Action Yale Child Study Center
Media	75 Watts Front of the Class Hichki I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me John's Not Mad Las Estrellas "Le Petit Tourette" Maze Motherless Brooklyn Quit It The Secret Life of Lele Pons The Tic Code Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome