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Also, tickled to death . Delighted, as in I was tickled pink when I got his autograph , or His parents were tickled to death when he decided to marry her . The first term, first recorded in 1922, alludes to one's face turning pink with laughter when one is being tickled. The variant, clearly a hyperbole, dates from about 1800.Advertisement
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