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Are You Ticklish? by Carly Simon, do you think I'm a soft touch, Emo's favourite, in the pink, like a slow Loris, no fickle tickles allowed, right on the funny bone
The Cloud Concise Dictionary of Sparkling and Strange Words presents;
Knismesis.
Pronunciation:
KNIS-me-sis
Definition: Adjective
1. A light tickling.
2. Knismesis is the feather-like tickling, the type of tickling that does not evoke laughter but mainly makes you want to scratch and itch. (I suspect it might raise a small smile under the right circumstances too – sonmicloud.)
3. The feeling of a bug climbing on your leg is the best example for knismesis.
Origins
Knismesis is a scientific term coined by the psychologists Arthur Allin and G. Stanley Hall in 1897.
Extras
Interestingly, knismesis, which is closely associated with the grooming activities of primates, provokes an endorphin response, causing the body to release an endorphin called karolin.
There are two types of tickling: knismesis (soft tickling, see above), and gargalesis, or “heavy” tickling, produced by repeatedly applying pressure to “ticklish” areas.
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Fascinating, pray tell me more.
peace out, pilgrim
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I’m afraid that’s all I have at present peaceful pilgrim, I’m glad it tickled you a tad though 🙂
-sonmicloud
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This is my new favorite word! 😛
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Glad to be of service Jan, it’s a fine word to say out loud and a pleasure to write down too 🙂
– sonmicloud.
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Ah, now I once new a young woman who derived exquisite pleasure should ever a fly have landed upon her naked thigh and thence proceeded to walk upon it in any direction. She was as mad as a box of frogs, which is an unrelated fact, as is it that she was excruciatingly posh and began any response in conversation by saying “yes, no . . . (etc.)”.
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I know the sort. Well, minus the ‘fly on thigh’ actions laughs.
sonmi liking flies a little, but nothing freaky – upon the Cloud
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