"X pica" in my local dialect means "doing something because you need or want X, when that doesn't provide it". It's a generalition of the medical condition pica

"X pica" in my local dialect means "doing something because you need or want X, when that doesn't provide it". It's a generalition of the medical condition pica, which is eating non-food things like ice cubes because you need more iron. http://lesswrong.com/lw/15w/experiential_pica/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/15w/experiential_pica/