OCD

English Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-OCD.wav General American Noun - en Q178190 en medicine psychology en obsessive-compulsive disorder<id:Q178190>. en 2025-10-20 w:Lucy Mangan My OCD is back. It's exhausting and awful, but this time I'm ready w:The i Paper https://inews.co.uk/opinion/ocd-has-come-back-exhausting-and-awful-ready-3988340 All of which is to say – my OCD is back. For those of you who have not had the displeasure, OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and it is an absolute arseache. Again, at best. Utterly debilitating and life-ruining at worst. https://web.archive.org/web/20251103165218/https://inews.co.uk/opinion/ocd-has-come-back-exhausting-and-awful-ready-3988340 en Q127556 en medicine en osteochondritis dissecans<id:Q127556>. en Q3251367 en medicine en osteochondrodysplasia<id:Q3251367> Derived terms en symmetrical OCD Related terms obsessive-compulsive disorder en OCPD Q231578 not to be confused Translations obsessive-compulsive disorder Adjective en figurative sometimes _ offensive Exhibiting an obsessive tendency. en 2015 Out of the Closet 1 2 One Big Happy (TV series) One Big Happy Kelly Brook Prudence Three years and you still have your ex's things? Lizzy, I knew you were uptight and OCD, and often humorless. en 2020 The Invisible Man (2020 film) The Invisible Man w:Leigh Whannell Adrian Griffin So I wanted to get us some simple takeout but of course, I started obsessing over what you'd be in the mood for. Hence, we have the OCD buffet of sushi, steak, and pasta. Usage notes The figurative use of the term OCD to refer to someone who exhibits an obsessive tendency is both in widespread usage and considered mostly inaccurate and even offensive by some who consider the use as both reflecting and encouraging misunderstanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder and harming those with the disorder.en https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/ocd-is-a-disorder-not-a-quirk/385562/ No, Your Quirks Aren't 'OCD' 2015-02-22 2021-12-30 Fatima Tipu The Atlantic https://web.archive.org/web/20251222123402/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/ocd-is-a-disorder-not-a-quirk/385562/ 22 December 2025en https://www.ocduk.org/why-we-challenge-ocd-misuse/ Why we challenge OCD misuse 2020-12-22 2021-12-30 OCD-UK https://web.archive.org/web/20260414143534/https://www.ocduk.org/why-we-challenge-ocd-misuse/ 14 April 2026 The idea that being anal is synonymous with OCD is largely misguided, and being punctilious in an egosyntonic way has more in common with OCPD than with OCD, which is egodystonic. Proper noun en Philippines en Office of Civil Defense (Philippines) Office of Civil Defense. en Q430486 en publishing history en w:Oxford Classical Dictionary. en OCT<id:Q658748> See also en OCPD en obsessive-compulsive personality disorder en autism References Further reading obsessive–compulsive disorder Anagrams en cdo C.O.D. CDO COD DOC Doc ODC cod doc doc. en 3-letter abbreviations en Personality Psychology