&quot;X pica&quot; in my local dialect means &quot;doing something because you need or want X, when that doesn&#x27;t provide it&quot;. It&#x27;s a generalition of the medical condition pica, which is eating non-food things like ice cubes because you need more iron.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;15w&#x2F;experiential_pica&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;15w&#x2F;experiential_pica&#x2F;</a>