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[[File:800px-2005-06-27 - Smithsonian Scrimshaw Collection.jpg|thumb|Residue from a scrimshaw abuse binge. These pieces are confined in a protective vitrine, to prevent further spread of the disease.]]'''Scrimshaw abuse''', sometimes known as '''ivory towering''', is a patterned use of [[scrimshaw (nonfiction)]] in which the [[scrimshaw (nonfiction)|scrimshander | [[File:800px-2005-06-27 - Smithsonian Scrimshaw Collection.jpg|thumb|Residue from a scrimshaw abuse binge. These pieces are confined in a protective vitrine, to prevent further spread of the disease.]]'''Scrimshaw abuse''', sometimes known as '''ivory towering''', is a patterned use of [[scrimshaw (nonfiction)|scrimshaw]] in which the [[scrimshaw (nonfiction)|scrimshander]] produces [[scrimshaw (nonfiction)|scrimshaw]] with images or side-effects which are harmful to themselves or others. | ||
Scrimshaw abuse is a form of matter-related disorder. | Scrimshaw abuse is a form of matter-related disorder. | ||
Revision as of 05:38, 25 June 2016
Scrimshaw abuse, sometimes known as ivory towering, is a patterned use of scrimshaw in which the scrimshander produces scrimshaw with images or side-effects which are harmful to themselves or others.
Scrimshaw abuse is a form of matter-related disorder.
Widely differing definitions of scrimshaw abuse are used in public health, medical aesthetics, and admiralty law contexts.
Extract of Radium is hazardously popular with scrimshaw abusers.
In the News
Poseidon warning against scrimshaw (550–525 BC). Inscription (not shown) reads: "Put down the knife. P."
Grave of the pirate Olivier Levasseurs, with cannon to ward of scrimshaw ghosts.
Cinnamon pirate flag. Pirates have a gift for scrimshaw abuse.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction
- Admiralty law (nonfiction)
- Public health (nonfiction)
- Scrimshaw (nonfiction)
- Substance abuse (nonfiction)
External links:
- Substance abuse @ Wikipedia