airgasm

From air +‎ -gasm, or Blend of air +‎ orgasm.

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɡaz(ə)m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹ.ɡæz.əm/

airgasm (countable and uncountable, plural airgasms) (slang)

1. Relief or pleasure accompanying an increased quantity of air.
   1. Exhilaration felt during free fall, such as when skydiving or bungee jumping.
      • 1999, Mark Kingwell, Marginalia: A Cultural Reader, Penguin, →ISBN:

        Bungee Safaris, an outfit that takes bungee - maniacs to leap off the 238-foot bridge at Chitna, Alaska, knows it very well. "An extreme 'airgasm'!"

      • 2010 June 2, Rivka Solomon, That Takes Ovaries!: Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts, Crown, →ISBN, page 104:

        "Congratulations," he said. "You just experienced your first airgasm." The sport of skydiving had initiated its newest adrenaline junkie

      • [2013 July 19, James B. Johnson, Lead Me Not: A Romance of Aviation, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 152:

        Later she found there was a term called "airgasm" explaining the feeling of free-fall.]

   2. State provided by the air felt after removing a mask.

      We all have experienced that huge sigh of relief after we take off our masks when we can finally breathe properly. 'Airgasm' is that exact feeling! — india.com