My kids have done the same thing! It's like an extension of them nuzzling into you, and then they're not just rubbing their head into your should, they're gnawing on it a bit too. I think you're right and it's just they don't have other outlets for what is essentially a joyful emotion, and they certainly don't know "biting = hurt = bad"

i feel a similar aggression for parents that fawn over their cute pets or their cute kids.

That is completely not what this is about, but your comment made me laugh.

There are adult activities during which intense emotions can manifest in stronger (not harmful) physical responses.

There is something similar to me about the satisfaction of hunger and the satisfaction of sexual desire. There is something genuinely destructive about the former and much that can mimic violence in the latter. Sometimes, I've seen people say, "Oh you are so cute, I could just eat you up!" then follow this up with a barrage of kisses and hugs. As I remember it, usually, they're older women. Sometimes I feel this way about my wife, who is naturally very, very cute. Sometimes, I really feel the urge to leave her feeling bedraggled with an excess of attention and affection.

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

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

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?

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?

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...

> arguably meth would be the better treatment

It's available but pricey and not available in a variety of dosages.

See, desoxyn

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...

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

Related: The Spanish have a word for this.

https://www.lizettegreco.com/roberto/nervio.html

   a reference to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon

Which, in turn, was a reference to Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

Which is a book where a character kept killing cute things by being too aggressive with them...

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.

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

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

"roughhousing" is the word for this in English.

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-...

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.

> 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!

love and stomach are next door neighbors

-- "Just trying to get something to eat, honey!"

> They would hugh you strongly and in ocations even bite

Double check they aren't cats.

Yep. I have a cat who only bites when he's angry, and another one who only bites when she's happy. Between the two of them, my arms look like I'm a heroin addict.

Breed the two to get to aggression neutral?

Or they just bite all the time.

Yeah... I guess I didn't think through all the edge cases on that.

Breed the two of them to bite you whenever you move.

Please don't post funny jokes on HN.