nose-picking

The act of removing nasal mucus (i.e., "boogers") with one's finger. Nose-picking is a filthy habit. I've spent a lot of time getting my kids to quit doing it.

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In many cultures nose-picking is considered a private act akin to defecation, urination, flatulence and belching.

Restaurant workers found ignoring personal hygiene

Adjusting to a new family (a nose-picking stepfather, his slutty daughter, a toddler half-sister and a mother professing newfound faith in Christ) and a new home (in a suburban tract with a "bogus British name"), awkward Rick collects Broadway albums instead of friends--until his confidence is boosted with each episode of his scene-by-scene rendition of the paradigmatic gay play The Boys in the Band.

A Sassy Boy in Jesusland

15 (ANI): Britain is a nation of burping, nose-picking couch potatoes, a survey of 3, 000 people has revealed.

Brits are a nation of burping, nose-picking couch potatoes

Nail-biting is the most common of the typical "nervous habits," which include thumbsucking, nose-picking, hairtwisting or pulling, teethgrinding, and picking at skin.

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His numerous episodes of epistaxis were incited by chronic nose-picking and strong nose-blowing, practices that he continued to engage in despite repeated medical advice to stop.

Management of recurrent epistaxis in an anticoagulated patient by temporarily closing the nares with sutures

In his book Life In The Fast Lane, Boris said: "I don't believe using a mobile when driving is necessarily any more dangerous than nose-picking, studying the A-Z, beating the children and so on.

BORIS ON PHONE AGAIN

I shall never learn to love the show until I find a production with a director who has cut out the vile nose-picking sequence that has intruded into every performance I have seen over the years.

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The most common cause of nosebleeds is nose-picking.

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Staphylococcus - a germ species most commonly associated with nose-picking - was found in abundance on steering wheels and driver's seats.

Driving Seat: Plugs POINTS

For you, it may be nose-picking, toenail-chewing or listening to Queen albums.

Traits that are guaranteed to send me off the rails

Other causes include chronic nose-picking, sinus infection, and reaction to medications such as inhalants, aspirin, ibuprofen, or anticoagulants.

Understanding is key to treating nosebleeds. (Your Life)

Usually I decline with a modest shrug, but a pundit, no matter how minor, must eventually punditize on whatever topic comes along, no matter how tawdry or trivial that topic may be: the trend toward nose-picking while waiting for the light to change, for example.

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Some of the startling reasons recruiters had for not choosing a candidate included nose-picking and flushing the toilet during a phone interview.

Things bosses do not want to see on your CV; Frog breeding & whale whispering among bizarre hobbies

CHANNEL 4 didn't put people off John McCririck - he did it all by himself with his nose-picking, sexist, and slovenly antics on Celebrity Big Brother.

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At the top is the land of Gantua, filled with farting, nose-picking giants who have a taste for human flesh.