It is sexual assult. Preteen isn't possible to give consent anyway. Yes, it was sexual assult, period!
Purple Nurples or Titty Twisters I'd class the same as Wet Willies, Raspberries, Tickling, Towel Snapping, Bold Fingers / Goldfingers, Puppy Kisses, Gleeking, Dutch Oven, & other forms of rough housing or horseplay.
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- Purple Nurples = Pinching or tweaking someone's nipples
- Titty Twisters = Twisting or tweaking someone's nipples
- Wet Willy = licking your thumb and smearing someone's ear
- Raspberry = putting your mouth on any skin surface and blowing to make your lips flap/buzz on their skin
- Tickling = Self explanatory
- Towel snapping = Spin a dry or wet towel until it's a coil, pull tight, then release one end and swipe/snap the end at someone.
- Bold or Gold Finger = Poking someone in the stomach when they're relaxed to trigger a yelp/jump from the soft underbelly going yikes!
- Gleeking = Making your salivary glands squirt
- Dutch Oven = Farting in a way that another person has to breathe it (typically done in bed, by pulling covers over ones partner's head, but also sports jerseys -like in hockey- or lockers, cars, small rooms, etc.)
Can ALL of these -and others- be both consensual or abusive? Yup. Can preteens consent to goofing off? For sure.
So for me it would depend on context. Is the preteen horsing around with a mixed crowd of kids and adults? (Consent) Is the preteen being bullied? (No consent, also no sex) Is the preteen being sexually abused? (No consent possible)