May 13, 2005, 03:44
anyconPrick in the throat
I know I've already asked about the tickle in one's throat that precedes a cough; well, along the same lines, is there a word for the prick in one's throat that precedes a tear? (Other than 'prick', that is.)
PS The double entendre in the thread title was --
I promise -- not intentional.
May 15, 2005, 11:21
Dianthusquote:
Originally posted by anycon:
I know I've already asked about the tickle in one's throat that precedes a cough; well, along the same lines, is there a word for the prick in one's throat that precedes a tear? (Other than 'prick', that is.)
PS The double entendre in the thread title was -- I promise -- not intentional.
I've always heard it referred to as a "lump in the throat".
May 15, 2005, 16:08
<Asa Lovejoy>I suspect he's referring to a different feeling - the one in which it feels as though you'd just swallowed a needle. It's a very localised sensation, and most annoying! Whatever it's called (Haberdasher? Kalleh? Help!) I'm glad it doesn't happen often!!!
May 15, 2005, 20:38
tinman can be a prickling sensation, but I think that's normally a skin sensation. I don't know whether it can be used for an internal sensation.
Tinman
May 15, 2005, 21:12
Kallehquote:
paresthesia can be a prickling sensation, but I think that's normally a skin sensation. I don't know whether it can be used for an internal sensation.
Not that I have ever seen, Tinman. I have only seen "paresthesias" used to mean skin sensations.
This one is harder for me, anycon, because, while I can relate to a tickle before a cough, I don't think I get a prick before a tear.
May 17, 2005, 03:21
anyconMaybes it's dialectal. Though I'm not sure there is a Hertfordshire dialect. Yes I recognise the phrase 'lump in the throat' too. So is there a Latinate/Hellenic word for that?