psychoceramics
n.— «For a time in the 1950’s and 1960’s, Kreiss sold a line of collectible ceramic figurines featuring odd beatniks and other characters that aficionados on eBay now refer to as psychoceramics. One green fuzzy-haired figure called Psycho Suicide Dude by collectors blithely points a gun at his own head. » —“Where Time Is of the Essence” by Stephen P. Williams New York Times Apr. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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