#gagalesthesia

Gargalesthesia - the sensation caused by #tickling #lostwords #obscurewords #logophilia

Are you ticklish? Are you lost for a word to describe the sensation of being tickled? The answer to your prayers is gargalesthesia, a compound derived from the Greek word gargalos meaning itching and esthesia is the scientific term for the sensation caused by tickling. In 1897 psychologists, Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin, found it necessary to differentiate between knismesis, a light,…