The name of the book is The Superior Person's Book Of Words.(It's a British book)

PALINOIA n. ***the compulsive repetition of an act, over and over again, untill it is performed perfectly. One of the classic forms of the condition is of course the dogged piano practice of the freckled ten-yeaar-old next door who is preparing the infamous Minute Waltz for the local eisteddfod. The technical term for this is pianola palinoia, and the condition brought on in the listener is known as pianola palinoia paranoia.
To be preferred is palinoiac paraphilemia (q.v.).