Soles vs. Foot Bottoms

[d75tkj]

Question for fellow foot lovers! Soles and foot bottoms mean the same thing, but do you prefer one or the other?

"Soles" is quicker to type and read, yet I've seen "foot bottoms" written out in stories, and there's an entire thread called "Foot Bottoms" here in this subforum. Does one just sound better to you? Does a certain type of foot call for one or the other? How does this factor into the context of tickling - if at all - for you?

I don't think I've heard either too many times by vanilla people, as I assume most just say "feet", or at the most, "soles" if talking about anatomy. "Soles" is a very fetishy word among feet people, and I think "foot bottoms" even more so since it's a deliberate choice to use a longer term when a quicker one is available.

Lately, I've found "foot bottoms" much more appealing, and I've been a "soles" guy all my life. I also think longer, curvier, higher-arched feet seem more "sole-ly" as opposed to feet that are - I don't know - more cuddly and silly, but that's just a general feeling and not a rule. Both are ultimately interchangeable.

Thoughts?

 

[LerLee]

Interesting question.

I like foot bottoms and soles about the same. However, I think I prefer “bottoms of feet” — wow, the bottoms of your feet are really ticklish, the bottoms of your feet are more ticklish than the tops, the bottoms of my feet are ticklish!

 

[natscott6282]

im not a foot lover but i always say soles
but hardly anyone i know irl says the word soles they normally say something like the underneaths of your feet

 

[GorillaTickler]

I think 'soles' is a sexy word

 

[milagros317]

I have always preferred "soles."
Perhaps because one syllable is quicker to say than three syllables.

 

[bobcat1]

I think soles is the better term here on TMF and in fetish related conversations, but it’s definitely not something that you hear used often in regular conversation.

I think most vanilla people would use the term “the bottoms of my feet”. I’ve heard “…she’s tickling the bottoms of my feet.” But never “…she’s tickling my soles.”

 

[GarnettRose]

Ngl, up until this moment I assumed when people talked about foot bottoms in post titles, they referred to ticklees who preferred feet tickling.

 

[maniactickler]

I really dont like either one.

 

[bluey1]

I think "soles" is only used in the tickling community. And, I've never heard anyone in everyday life, say "foot bottoms" either. Irl, people just say "feet" (meaning the bottoms/soles of the feet). If people want to refer to the tops of the feet I think they are more likely to say that specifically "tops of your feet" than they are about the soles/bottoms of the feet.

The bottoms/soles are what people mean when they say feet. No one says - "are the bottoms of you're feet ticklish" or "are your soles ticklish".

If people say/ask - "Are your feet ticklish", "She's/I've got really ticklish feet", "It's tickling my feet" - They're referring to the soles/bottoms of the feet.

 

[solarcharger]

I agree with “bottoms of the feet”.

 

[Toesheldback]

I always assumed the term “foot bottoms” was more of a UK term.

 

[aberdeen]

yeah its rare to hear most ppl in general mentioning the sole or soles of someone's feet...but if they do use that term, it probably indicates their familiarity with thectickling fixation! That always piques my interest....