asmr

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of age-specific mortality rate.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of accelerating seismic moment release.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of autonomous sensory meridian response (“a claimed biological phenomenon involving a pleasurable tingling in response to a stimulus”).

   “The ASMR community struggles with popular perception of the transgressive nature of their shared pleasure, which by its public nature is what Berlant and Warner call "nonstandard intimacy."”

   “You might say [Bob] Ross was the first ASMRtist, as those who produce ASMR videos like to be called.”

   ““The ASMR community goes against that mainstream assertion that the internet is making everybody less connected, and hurting relationships,” Herndon says. “People are making these videos at their desks, putting them online for free, and comforting strangers in this really therapeutic and sweet way.” Her own ASMR trigger is the sound of acrylic fingernails tapping on a smartphone screen.”

4. (uncountable)Content, especially audio, intended to elicit the autonomous sensory meridian response.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of American Society of Mining and Reclamation.