tongue-splitting, new "word?"

[Kathleen E. Miller]

This is completely disgusting IMHO (and painful to think about) but since
"body piercing" has it's own little section in the "body" definition of the
OED - might "tongue" need to be modified someday?

AP-ES-05-13-03 1425EDT
>BC-Tongue Splitting, Bjt,0809
>Suddenly, piercing looks tame as lawmakers put spotlight on practice of
>tongue-splitting
>Eds: Note contents
>AP Photo CX101
>By MARTHA IRVINE
>AP National Writer
>     CHICAGO (AP) _ Ears with two, three, even five piercings are ancient
> history. Studs in tongues and navels are, for many, no big deal. And who
> doesn't have a tattoo? These days, the attention-grabbing look is
> tongue-splitting: cutting the tongue to make it forked.


I will spare you all the rest of the article.

Kathleen E. Miller
Research Assistant to William Safire
The New York Times