Sentence:  For some reason (decades of responsiblity to cleanliness and hygiene — what lady could blow her nose into a locust leaf?) the inability to place my hands on what would once have been a commonplace item unnerved me; were we to degenerate into filth and <WSD>snottery</WSD>? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  filth; abomination