cacoethes (n)
(pronounced kahk-uh-EE-theez)
A mania, or an overwhelming desire. Originally Latin, but long ago absorbed in English.
"We must talk, think, and live up to the spirit of the times, and write up to it too, if that cacoethes be upon us, or else we are nought."
--Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers
"Cacoethes loquendi" is a compulsion to talk or gossip. (That's NOT my problem.)
"Cacoethes scribendi" is an irresistible itch to write. (That's me, sometimes at least.)
"Cacoethes weblogi" is the obsessive urge to blog. (Not really. I made that up.)
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