Self-stim

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance or habit of self-stimulation.

    ""Looks like Mommy really screwed up this time," she said to the nonverbal child who looked only briefly at her then wiggled to the floor where he rocked back and forth while flipping his eyes left and right, a move he could do for hours and which the doctors called a "self-stim". They said it was common with kids with Angelman Syndrome."

Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of self-stimulate.

    "He self-stims when I'm not watching, and sometimes even when I am."

Synonyms

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self-stimulatestim

Example

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"He self-stims when I'm not watching, and sometimes even when I am."

Etymology

From self- + stim.

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