Capek (1890-1938 Czech novelist & dramatist; wrote plays satirizing science, industrialism, militarism, totalitarianism; also wrote stories)
Add an M to get a word that can follow EARPICKS.
packerism
spicemark
skicamper
prismcake
I had "spicemark," too! Also:
primcakes (close to your "prismcake")
spearmick
and a few others I can't remember right now.
But maybe it is MacSpiker, the real name of Mac11 who has abandoned us to Never Knowing.....