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It May Need Stroking

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99%3Exact Match!
noun

• an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

• your consciousness of your own identity

• (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

32%8May involve gentle stroking or caressing
noun

• affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

30%3 Utterance while stroking one's chin
verb

• To make a thoughtful humming noise.

interjection

• Indicating thinking or pondering.

• A demand for an answer to a question.

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