Gargalesis (noun)
ga-ge-li-sis
Hard tickling, the laughter-inducing tickling, that involves the repeated application of high pressure to sensitive areas such as the feet or armpits.
Knismesis (gentle tickling) and gargalesis are the scientific terms, coined in 1897 by psychologists G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin.
Example sentences
“While tickling is fun, gargalesis can also be used as a power move, rendering the receiver unable to fight the tickler off.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
