stim
v.— «The common factor here is that the activities and interests that high-functioning autistic adults use to share their own pleasures and to relate to each other’s experiences are often the very activities that people try to eliminate in low-functioning autistic children: “stimming” on sensory fixations and perseverating on subject fixations.» —“RE: Purple fur” by SJU Autism and Developmental Disablities List Usenet: bit.listserv.autism June 12, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Ben in Richmond, Virginia, is puzzled by the expression Believe you me. It sounds odd because it mixes up the usual subject-verb-object order in English. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Believe You Me” Hello, you have...
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