People have many rude, annoying and disgusting habits that are body related. Sometimes they are involuntary and subconscious. These are bad habits that you should not do in front of people. If we want to mention them we need the words and phrases that are commonly used to talk about them. Here are a few.
Picking one's nose
The habit of inserting your finger into your nostrils to dig out boogers or dried mucus. Sometimes you just stick it up your nose and give it a twirl. It has a fancy name when it becomes an obsessive compulsive disorder. Rhinotillexomania
Sniff / sniffle
When you have a cold there will be snot (mucus) in your nose and you sniff and make a noise which is disgusting for the people around.
Cracking knuckles / popping knuckles
People do this to release tension, out of anxiety or nervousness, or for the mere joy of listening to the popping sound.
Stop popping your knuckles
Cracking neck /back
After the long hours at the desk she cracked her neck and got up.
Popping pimples
Some people have an urge to squeeze a blemish or a clogged pore. It is neither good for your skin nor for your reputation.
Popping zit
(zit is the swollen red spot on the skin )
Biting nails (Fancy name - Onychopagia)
Pulling out hair / hair pulling (Fancy name - Trichotillomania)
Twirl and pull hair
Tooth clenching and grinding
Skin picking (Fancy name - Dermatillomania / excoriation disorder)
Picking at scabs, bumps, dead skin of the lips,
Stop picking at your lips.
Picking your teeth
If something is stuck between your teeth, excuse yourself, go to a restroom and pick your teeth.
Picking scabs
Popping /snapping gum in public
Chewing gum in a noisy way
Blowing bubbles with chewing gum
Clicking your pen
Lick or bite lips
Biting your pen/pencil
Picking hair
Picking eye boogers (eye gunk or eye crust)
Grinding teeth
Rushed speech
Tapping your foot
Touching your face
Fidgety fingers
Fiddling with keys
Slouching at the computer
Checking your hair/eyebrows/makeup/nails (excessively)
Talking with mouth full
Eating too fast/not chewing
Scratching your butt
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