Thread: French kiss

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Quote: Originally Posted by Bilbon To use Spatulas context, you could imagine a lot of cool young people standing around bragging about how many other cool young people they'd made out with the night before. So yes that would work. If you're after the BE version (i don't know if that's right, I'm new) rather than the AmE version it would be 'pulled last night' it has identical connotations but is more used...

To use Spatulas context, you could imagine a lot of cool young people standing around bragging about how many other cool young people they'd made out with the night before. So yes that would work. If you're after the BE version (i don't know if that's right, I'm new) rather than the AmE version it would be 'pulled last night' it has identical connotations but is more used in Britain I think.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bonhomie of course there is touching, when I say “no touching” I mean fondling . Ok, I was too literal, I thought no touching was no physical contact at all (except lips and tongues). Snogging is fine then.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bonhomie "make out" seems to be the best one after all . It looks like it, Bonhomie, if it's AmE you're after (which I imagine it is)! Panj, thank you for the link. It appears that my earlier interpretation of AmE "make out" was fifty years out of date. I'm even older than I thought Quote: Originally Posted by Bonhomie So, one would brag about the number of people...

Quote: Originally Posted by Loob I wonder what BrE "snogging" would be in AmE - "necking"? "Necking" risks sounding comical; it's not used very often. I think that making out encompasses snogging--it certainly would for me in this context. The problem is that making out may involve slightly more lurid activities as well.

I certainly wouldn't use "hook up". I would assume that meant you had sex with the person if you used that term. "Make out" is usually a little more lengthy than one kiss, French or otherwise.

You would normally say either: " You go clubbing and you meet someone for the first time, and get with this person" Or "You go clubbing and you meet someone for the first time, and make out with this person" Both of them imply that it was literally just a french kiss and nothing else, the top one being slightly more collquial.

A French quickie? No. Neither fits.

I don't see any mention of it only happening once in Bonhomie's posts. There are dozens, if not hundreds of terms for it and the meanings and uses vary and overlap enormously.