Definitions

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  • noun bonding through physical contact

Etymologies

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Japanese スキンシップ (sukinshippu) or Korean 스킨십 (seukinsip), from English skin +‎ -ship.

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Examples

  • The way that you decribed your lil baby having "skinship" with the back dancers just simply makes me laugh~

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • “You must first establish a skinship with another person before you can give them seiki,” Ikuko Osumi once told me.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • A skinship must be created so that a trusting relationship of tactile contact is set in place.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • As I explained seiki to the audience, I patted her back and shoulders, and began establishing a skinship with her.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Sukinshippu skinship: Physical closeness, be it hugging or hand-holding, in a sauna or bedroom.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MICHAEL KESTERTON 2011

  • I know this because I came from a country where the health care system was excellent, with the highest life expectancy rate in the world, but I couldn't have any skinship with girls.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • But I couldn't have any skinship with girls, of course never exchanging kisses, and even holding hands.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • Without skinship, we don't feel like we're living.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • Recent display of skinship with Imai Asami is most welcome, maybe new agency will let her do more ecchi

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Festa 2007's POWER GATE and last week's encore were very close, but no skinship.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Meanwhile, the Japanese have invented, and South Koreans have popularised, the word skinship, a blend of the words skin and kinship that refers to the close physical contact between parent and child or between lovers or friends.

    English is picking up brilliant new words from around the world – and that’s a gift | Danica Salazar Danica Salazar 2022

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  • A word Koreans use to mean (from what I understand) a close relationship with someone. No sexual meaning intended (as we dirty foreigners assume).

    February 16, 2007