kickstern.
/ˈkɪkstə/ One whose behaviour is governed principally or solely by the desire for ‘kicks’.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > thrill of > one seeking
thrill-seeker1928
kickster1963
adrenaline junkie1976
1963 Guardian 4 Oct. 20/6 Christine is a kickster... She will go with 15 or 18 men at a time.
1967 J. Morgan Involved 57 ‘He looked a real kink, you know, a regular kickster.’ ‘Educate me,’ Frankie said, ‘I want to be with you.’ ‘A nut,’ Janet explained, ‘a kink who likes going to a scene but won't participate, he gets his kicks out of watching everyone else knocking themselves out.’
1972 New Society 9 Nov. 346/3 Apart from the bovver-boy type, there are some girl gangs..and middle class kickster groups... There's a theory it's best to have something to steal, rather than nothing, but this is no help with kicksters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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