I think I've found my new favorite Japanese word...

#Kuchisabishii

@BlippyTheWonderSlug I just mumbled it aloud and yes, I understand the appeal. (Kuchisabishii)🪶
@BlippyTheWonderSlug I think my 5yo son has this all the time 😆
@BlippyTheWonderSlug My mouth was lonely for brownies today.
@BlippyTheWonderSlug I just ate lasagne because MY MOUTH WAS LONELY. That one is gonna serve me for the rest of my life. Thank you!
@BlippyTheWonderSlug also called "most teenaged boys" or at least my son and his friends starting at 15. My son would say when I would ask, "You're finished? Are you full?"
.Son: No, I just got tired of lifting the fork to my mouth." 🤣🤣
口寂しい - Jisho.org

@melanyabelta @BlippyTheWonderSlug

The Jisho.org entry has the bit about craving cigarettes, which is the definition I first heard that expression. There was some pop singer (Masaharu Fukuyama, I think?) who'd quit smoking and went on to promote chewing gum to soothe the mouth loneliness of not having a cigarette.

@BlippyTheWonderSlug This is on a par with “snaccident.” (Snack/Accident). When you intend to eat a couple of Pringles but unintentionally clear the entire tube in 15 minutes.
@BlippyTheWonderSlug my gf says this describes me. She's not wrong.
@BlippyTheWonderSlug my mouth was no longer lonely after it made friends with the m&ms and goldfish I introduced to it tonight
@BlippyTheWonderSlug I've often got the opposite. I'm hungry, but I feel overcrowded so I can't eat. Not sure if it's my mouth or something else that's overcrowded, stomach or throat maybe
@Lipk @BlippyTheWonderSlug introverted vs extroverted mouths?
@vitruvianmeeple @BlippyTheWonderSlug Could be, yes 🤔 it happens to me when I'm stressed, or have sensory overload. Then I tend to turn inwards, but also feel full, like I can't stomach anything on top of that. So instead of my mouth needing company, it needs rest (I still need to eat though, I've got mass gainer for those moments)
@vitruvianmeeple @BlippyTheWonderSlug But it also happens when I'm around people, having fun. My extraverted moments. I don't feel my hunger until I'm alone again, or i just forget to eat. Too busy talking
@BlippyTheWonderSlug I am in this picture and I don't like this