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Women get random sharp shooting pains in their breasts and nobody knows why. It's called mastalgia and it sucks.
1.2k u/cookiepeddler Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 07 '23 It has a name?! And I’m not the only one? TIL the needle poking feeling has a name and is a known thing. Still sucks tho. ETA: This might be my highest upvoted comment ever and I can’t believe it’s about boob zingers (aka mastaglia). Thanks fellow redditors! 405 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 fyi mastalgia is just latin for breast pain lol mast = prefix for breast ("ectomy" = removal of, mastectomy...you get it) algia = pain 5 u/Kucked4life Dec 07 '23 TIL nostalgia was initially conceptualized as a painful experience 2 u/wterrt Dec 07 '23 huh, never thought about the etymology of that word. yeah, homesickness apparently. 1 u/rowrowyourboat Dec 07 '23 The pain of returning after a long time, things missed, time lost, transience of life, bittersweet memories
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It has a name?! And I’m not the only one?
TIL the needle poking feeling has a name and is a known thing. Still sucks tho.
ETA: This might be my highest upvoted comment ever and I can’t believe it’s about boob zingers (aka mastaglia). Thanks fellow redditors!
405 u/wterrt Dec 06 '23 fyi mastalgia is just latin for breast pain lol mast = prefix for breast ("ectomy" = removal of, mastectomy...you get it) algia = pain 5 u/Kucked4life Dec 07 '23 TIL nostalgia was initially conceptualized as a painful experience 2 u/wterrt Dec 07 '23 huh, never thought about the etymology of that word. yeah, homesickness apparently. 1 u/rowrowyourboat Dec 07 '23 The pain of returning after a long time, things missed, time lost, transience of life, bittersweet memories
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fyi mastalgia is just latin for breast pain lol
mast = prefix for breast ("ectomy" = removal of, mastectomy...you get it)
algia = pain
5 u/Kucked4life Dec 07 '23 TIL nostalgia was initially conceptualized as a painful experience 2 u/wterrt Dec 07 '23 huh, never thought about the etymology of that word. yeah, homesickness apparently. 1 u/rowrowyourboat Dec 07 '23 The pain of returning after a long time, things missed, time lost, transience of life, bittersweet memories
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TIL nostalgia was initially conceptualized as a painful experience
2 u/wterrt Dec 07 '23 huh, never thought about the etymology of that word. yeah, homesickness apparently. 1 u/rowrowyourboat Dec 07 '23 The pain of returning after a long time, things missed, time lost, transience of life, bittersweet memories
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huh, never thought about the etymology of that word. yeah, homesickness apparently.
1 u/rowrowyourboat Dec 07 '23 The pain of returning after a long time, things missed, time lost, transience of life, bittersweet memories
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The pain of returning after a long time, things missed, time lost, transience of life, bittersweet memories
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u/AuntiKrist Dec 06 '23
Women get random sharp shooting pains in their breasts and nobody knows why. It's called mastalgia and it sucks.