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In Indonesia there is a word for this aggression (Gregetan). Is there a word for this type of aggression in english?

steve_adams_86 8y ago
Speaking as someone with an average vocabulary: Not that I can think of. After a quick look it seems as though it's known that some non-English languages do include singular words for this, but in English it's called "cute aggression", "playful aggression", or similar terms.
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torstenvl 8y ago
The word "ecstasy" means overwhelming joy, but also means you are frenzied and out of control.
scoggs 8y ago
I don't know if this official or publicly traded knowledge but I believe it's, "Put that toddler on Adderall / Ritalin!"
- samstave 8y ago
  This is acurate. Sadly so. I have had three daughters who exhibit what was stated above about super hugs, clenching teeth with saying "i just looove you soooo much" and shaking.... I was aware of this as a positive thing forever. And its lovely as encouraging them to be emotionally engaged with the world is important part of existing. I threatened to disown my parents when they were deciding to put my younger brother on ritalin when he was a child because they were being told he was hyper, adhd, etc. i told them they needed to stand up to bullshit medicating of him just because teachers said whatever... (no need to go into details, but the schools and teachers in the late 80s were victims of pharma snake oil bullshit, which is why i havent taken even as much as an aspirin or advil in 20 years)... Children need to thrive, engage, be encouraged to explore all aspects of life, but we have architected our entire society to supress the natural human condition. But ironically, as a cyberpunk nerd of the 80s i somehow thought that smart drugs and neurotropic enhancement agents were going to be the future hotness. Where is my damn eye implant?
  - EGreg 8y ago
    EspeciLly in school where ADHD is overdiagnosed when the real problem is an environment with hardly any physical play and mostly sitting quietly for 7-8 hours. I had a debate with someone where I argued that adderall and others are basically methamphetamines, one atom away from cocaine. Am I right?
    - samatman 8y ago
      Cocaine is a substantially different molecule, but yes, Adderal is amphetamine, and methamphetamine is effectively just an extra carbon atom (along with the extra hydrogens that go with it). Arguably meth would be the better treatment...
      - AceyMan 8y ago
        > arguably meth would be the better treatment It's available but pricey and not available in a variety of dosages. See, desoxyn
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  - scoggs 8y ago
    Ah man. That's wild. Mind me asking how old you were when your brother was getting that treatment and you rebelled? Or at least how big of an age gap there was between you? My brother and I are very close in age so I wouldn't have been able to make that informed of a decision if the same happened to him (I'd have been too young to argue my stance in any coherent manner). That said: I'm waiting for my neurotropics and cybernetic implants as well...
njarboe 8y ago
"roughhousing" is the word for this in English.
- njarboe 8y ago
  No, really. In English one meaning of the word "roughhousing" is this experience. If you ever have done this with children or with your parents as a kid, this play fighting/wrestling which is called "roughhousing", you know that the feeling is what is being described here. Puppies and dogs have very similar behavior and people can even roughhouse with their dogs and they love it. Roughhousing has definitely gone out of favor in current mainstream child raising circles, but some people think it is a good idea[1]. [1]https://psychcentral.com/lib/6-benefits-of-roughhousing-for-kids/ https://psychcentral.com/lib/6-benefits-of-roughhousing-for-... 6. Roughhousing brings joy. As a species, humans are hard-wired for roughhousing, so the body and mind are happy when we let it happen. According to studies in neuroscience, when the play circuits in the brains of mammals are activated, they feel joy.
  - scoggs 8y ago
    > As a species, humans are hard-wired for roughhousing, so the body and mind are happy when we let it happen. We may not, as a species, need to roughhouse as children anymore in the same way lions and tigers do since we no longer need to hunt or rely on our physical attack prowess to secure nourishment but we are definitely still hard wired to get joy and positive reinforcement from such behavior. Working with kids for any amount of time makes this all starkly clear. Heck... Even being around drunk people enough makes it clear, haha!
DoreenMichele 8y ago
We have expressions like "I love you so much, I could just eat you up." The term "rough housing" may be the closest we get, but I don't think it's generally understood to be associated with cute aggression. There's also the trope "I'll hug him and squeeze him and rub his fur backwards and call him George" which is a reference to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdHaNr0OAY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdHaNr0OAY Related: The Spanish have a word for this. https://www.lizettegreco.com/roberto/nervio.html https://www.lizettegreco.com/roberto/nervio.html
- masonic 8y ago
  a reference to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon Which, in turn, was a reference to Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
  - kweinber 8y ago
    Which is a book where a character kept killing cute things by being too aggressive with them...
geomark 8y ago
There is in Thai. หมั่นเขี้ยว means wanting to bite someone/something because it is so cute.

Speaking as someone with an average vocabulary: Not that I can think of. After a quick look it seems as though it's known that some non-English languages do include singular words for this, but in English it's called "cute aggression", "playful aggression", or similar terms.

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torstenvl 8y ago

The word "ecstasy" means overwhelming joy, but also means you are frenzied and out of control.

scoggs 8y ago

I don't know if this official or publicly traded knowledge but I believe it's, "Put that toddler on Adderall / Ritalin!"

samstave 8y ago
This is acurate. Sadly so. I have had three daughters who exhibit what was stated above about super hugs, clenching teeth with saying "i just looove you soooo much" and shaking.... I was aware of this as a positive thing forever. And its lovely as encouraging them to be emotionally engaged with the world is important part of existing. I threatened to disown my parents when they were deciding to put my younger brother on ritalin when he was a child because they were being told he was hyper, adhd, etc. i told them they needed to stand up to bullshit medicating of him just because teachers said whatever... (no need to go into details, but the schools and teachers in the late 80s were victims of pharma snake oil bullshit, which is why i havent taken even as much as an aspirin or advil in 20 years)... Children need to thrive, engage, be encouraged to explore all aspects of life, but we have architected our entire society to supress the natural human condition. But ironically, as a cyberpunk nerd of the 80s i somehow thought that smart drugs and neurotropic enhancement agents were going to be the future hotness. Where is my damn eye implant?
- EGreg 8y ago
  EspeciLly in school where ADHD is overdiagnosed when the real problem is an environment with hardly any physical play and mostly sitting quietly for 7-8 hours. I had a debate with someone where I argued that adderall and others are basically methamphetamines, one atom away from cocaine. Am I right?
  - samatman 8y ago
    Cocaine is a substantially different molecule, but yes, Adderal is amphetamine, and methamphetamine is effectively just an extra carbon atom (along with the extra hydrogens that go with it). Arguably meth would be the better treatment...
    - AceyMan 8y ago
      > arguably meth would be the better treatment It's available but pricey and not available in a variety of dosages. See, desoxyn
    - deleted 8y ago
      [deleted]
- scoggs 8y ago
  Ah man. That's wild. Mind me asking how old you were when your brother was getting that treatment and you rebelled? Or at least how big of an age gap there was between you? My brother and I are very close in age so I wouldn't have been able to make that informed of a decision if the same happened to him (I'd have been too young to argue my stance in any coherent manner). That said: I'm waiting for my neurotropics and cybernetic implants as well...

njarboe 8y ago

"roughhousing" is the word for this in English.

njarboe 8y ago
No, really. In English one meaning of the word "roughhousing" is this experience. If you ever have done this with children or with your parents as a kid, this play fighting/wrestling which is called "roughhousing", you know that the feeling is what is being described here. Puppies and dogs have very similar behavior and people can even roughhouse with their dogs and they love it. Roughhousing has definitely gone out of favor in current mainstream child raising circles, but some people think it is a good idea[1]. [1]https://psychcentral.com/lib/6-benefits-of-roughhousing-for-kids/ https://psychcentral.com/lib/6-benefits-of-roughhousing-for-... 6. Roughhousing brings joy. As a species, humans are hard-wired for roughhousing, so the body and mind are happy when we let it happen. According to studies in neuroscience, when the play circuits in the brains of mammals are activated, they feel joy.
- scoggs 8y ago
  > As a species, humans are hard-wired for roughhousing, so the body and mind are happy when we let it happen. We may not, as a species, need to roughhouse as children anymore in the same way lions and tigers do since we no longer need to hunt or rely on our physical attack prowess to secure nourishment but we are definitely still hard wired to get joy and positive reinforcement from such behavior. Working with kids for any amount of time makes this all starkly clear. Heck... Even being around drunk people enough makes it clear, haha!

DoreenMichele 8y ago

We have expressions like "I love you so much, I could just eat you up." The term "rough housing" may be the closest we get, but I don't think it's generally understood to be associated with cute aggression. There's also the trope "I'll hug him and squeeze him and rub his fur backwards and call him George" which is a reference to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdHaNr0OAY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdHaNr0OAY Related: The Spanish have a word for this. https://www.lizettegreco.com/roberto/nervio.html https://www.lizettegreco.com/roberto/nervio.html

masonic 8y ago
a reference to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon Which, in turn, was a reference to Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
- kweinber 8y ago
  Which is a book where a character kept killing cute things by being too aggressive with them...

geomark 8y ago

There is in Thai. หมั่นเขี้ยว means wanting to bite someone/something because it is so cute.