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Skinship 

In Korea, the term "skinship" is used to describe the act of intimate, non-sexual touching between very close (Usually same-sex, but can include both genders.) platonic friends. It involves acts such as holding hands/arms, hugging, and kissing on the cheeks.

Sometimes it goes even deeper than that and can even involve bathing together, as Koreans (And the Japanese) believe that group nudity helps break down the barriers and helps establish a closer relationship.
It's not unusual to see Koreans walking and holding hands with each other, even if they're not in a relationship. That just means that they have a deep skinship with each other.
Skinship by Saudades January 7, 2014
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skinship 

In Japan and Korea, the term "skinship" is used to describe the intimacy, or closeness, between a mother and a child. Today, the word is generally used for bonding through physical contact, such as holding hands, hugging, or parents washing their child at a bath. The earliest citation of this word appears in Nihon Kokugo Daijiten in 1971. (from Wikipedia)
One of the more confusing waseigo/engrish words.
It is important to have skinship with children
skinship by hagure May 2, 2008
sitship-A situational relationship that should be sexual but is not because female is too self conscious about her body. So we never fuck and relationship, situationship just sits.
The bitch is smokin with a phat ass, but she thinks shes fat, hence our sitship
sitship by shonkee September 21, 2023

California Sunship 

When a man jerks off onto the girls chest on the beach in the sun. She then waits for it to dry and eats the dried crusted jizz.
Gurpreet: "Hey Danny, wanna give me a california sunship"

Danny: "Depends, are you willing to eat it ALL?"

Gurpreet: "I am SO hungry."

skinship 

A friendship or relationship that primarily focuses on the exploration of another's skin.

This word's origin is from Korea. Many Koreans learn English from a very young age, so a combination of the two languages was inevitable. The bastard child of these two noble languages is "Konglish."
Korean Teen #1: We must have skinship, so that we can be ready for marriage.
Draper Teacher: Are you kidding me? What in the blue hell is skinship?
Korean Teen #2: (after furiously thumbing through a korean-english dictionary) A representation of affection!
skinship by Draper December 15, 2004

Skinship 

A friendship or relationship taken up a notch with contact via the skin, be it kissing, hugging, touching, etc.
Guy: Hey, we should have some skinship

Girl: Tsk, like you know how

Guy: T_T"
Skinship by Charles-werth August 25, 2010