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book bowels

book bowels noun: synonym of Mariko Aoki phenomenon and plural of book bowel; a tendency to experience bowel movements as a result of being within a bookstore.

Noun

book bowels

  1. Synonym of Mariko Aoki phenomenon and plural of book bowel; a tendency to experience bowel movements as a result of being within a bookstore.
    • "It's more common than people realize, and I think people are just embarrassed to talk about it," he says. "I've also heard it called called 'book bowels.' I think that name speaks for itself." We asked Dr. Islam what theories might help explain the strange phenomenon. ... For "book bowels"...2021 March 8, Dr. Sameer Islam and Mike Darling, “A Doctor Explains Why Bookstores Make Some People Feel the Need to Poop”, in Men's Health
    • It's unofficially called "Book Bowels" or the "Mariko Aoki phenomenon" and is a psychological issue where our brains trigger our body into a "fight or flight" reaction based on our history with similar environments.2021 May 10, @YMSRadio, “This Is Why Some People Feel The Need To Poop In A Bookstore”, in iHeart Z104.3 Baltimore, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2021
    Synonyms:
    Mariko Aoki phenomenon and plural of book bowel

Examples of book bowels in a sentence

  • "I've also heard it called called 'book bowels.' I think that name speaks for itself." We asked Dr.2021 March 8, Dr. Sameer Islam and Mike Darling, “A Doctor Explains Why Bookstores Make Some People Feel the Need to Poop”, in Men's Health:
  • TikTok users have been speaking about needing to poo whenever they are in a bookshop or, as it is known to some, ‘book bowels’.2023 August 4, Kelly, Sarah-Louise, “Why Bookshops Make You Need to Poo”, in Huffington Post:
  • Today, the phenomenon has made its way to TikTok, with some using the term ‘book bowels’ to describe it.2024 February 2, Loukou, “How going to your favourite high street shop might leave you with a sudden need to poo”, in The U.S. Sun:

Synonyms of book bowels

  • Mariko Aoki phenomenon and plural of book bowel

Questions about book bowels

What does book bowels mean?
Book bowels means synonym of Mariko Aoki phenomenon and plural of book bowel; a tendency to experience bowel movements as a result of being within a bookstore.
How do you use book bowels in a sentence?
"I've also heard it called called 'book bowels.' I think that name speaks for itself." We asked Dr.
What part of speech is book bowels?
Book bowels is a noun.

Words near book bowels in the dictionary

  1. book board
  2. book boards
  3. Book Book
  4. book bowel
  5. book bowel tendency
  6. book bowels
  7. book burning
  8. book burnings
  9. book canvasser
  10. book canvassers
  11. book club

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