<P> In Finnish language, "begging for a nosebleed" is commonly used in abstract meaning to describe self - destructive behaviour, for example ignoring safety procedures or deliberately aggravating stronger parties . </P> <P> In Filipino slang, to "have a nosebleed" is to have serious difficulty conversing in English with a fluent or native English speaker . It can also refer to anxiety brought on by a stressful event such as an examination or a job interview . </P> <P> In the Dutch language, "pretending to have a nosebleed" is a saying that means pretending not to know anything about something, when actually being involved somehow . </P> <P> The word epistaxis is from Greek: ἐπιστάζω epistazo, "to bleed from the nose" from ἐπί epi, "above, over" and στάζω stazo, "to drip (from the nostrils)". </P>

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