Snogging. Meaning: (Verb) This is the British equivalent of kissing.
AMERICAN KISS
An American kiss, just like a French kiss, involves deep kissing but without the use of tongue. Hold your lady close by her waist and pin her closer to your body kissing her hard. Bend her a little giving support to her with your hand on her back and get lost in the romantic moment!
Kissing in public is fine with most Brits - so long as you keep your tongue in your mouth. A huge majority of 92% of Britons say holding hands in public is acceptable, and 90% say the same for hugging. Two thirds are also comfortable with people around them kissing without tongues (68%).
If you get emails, text messages and letters from British people, you'll notice many people add an 'x' at the end – but why? The custom of having an 'x' at the end of a message started as a way to symbolise a kiss. It was used between lovers.
What is an Australian kiss? An Australian kiss. is when you start off with a French kiss. and then you end up Down Under.
Canadian maple whisky, fresh ginger and a touch of raspberry liqueur make for a well-balanced libation that's sure to be a hit among fans of both sweet and savoury drinks. If you have any whisky left over, it's delicious on its own over ice.
Puss means 'kiss' in Swedish. But it's a specific type of kiss: usually brief and with a closed mouth, equivalent to English 'peck'. It doesn't have to be romantic or sexual, and you'll hear people say it to their friends and family members as much as, if not more than, to their partners.
La bise is a French greeting where two people kiss each other's cheeks two, three, and even four times.
Three kisses in a row is a new type of kiss that a person in love gives to the one they love. These kisses are short ones that come one after the other. If they give you these magical three kisses, one after the other, they want to make sure that you know that they love you.
In most Southern European countries, kissing is initiated by leaning to the left side and joining the right cheeks and if there's a second kiss, changing to the left cheeks.
Meaning of quickie in English
something done or had quickly, especially sex or an alcoholic drink: Let's just have a quickie.
“Bev” means a "handsome man."
Noun. Glasgow kiss (plural Glasgow kisses) (Britain, euphemistic, humorous) A sharp, sudden headbutt to the nose, usually resulting in a broken nose.
There's a well-known Russian greeting tradition: the triple cheek-kiss. It's usually common between close relatives. Sometimes, it's shortened to two kisses. One cheek kiss is often used by girls to greet friends, or even close female coworkers.
The Dutch Cheek Kiss
In the Netherlands it is considered quite normal for Dutch people to greet each other with three kisses on the cheek. It is also custom to do the same again when saying good bye. It's just a friendly way of saying hello and farewell. It's not limited to the Dutch either.
Growing up in Chicago, "Irish Kiss" was the term used for a head butt in a bar fight. A fitting name for a baton! The Irish Kiss as a weapon has deep roots in the fighting stick history in both clan warfare in Ireland and police billies from the early 1800s to the current day.
In Switzerland, as in neighboring France, it is common for women and people of opposite sexes to greet each other with alternating kisses on both cheeks. The Swiss version generally involves an asymmetrical three in total, in contrast to the two more usual for 'la bise' (the kiss) across the border.
In Spain, people greet each other and say goodbye with a kiss on each cheek. Don't be mistaken - these aren't wet, sloppy kisses! In fact, these aren't really proper kisses at all. People usually touch their right cheeks together and make a kissing sound, then repeat the process on the left side.
Brits also like to keep their displays of affection private. For example, North American people tend to hug and kiss people in public, whereas Brits like to do their cuddling and romancing behind closed doors.
The X represents a kiss, while the O represents a hug. This is most likely because the X is a stylized way of showing two mouths kissing, and the O looks like two pairs of arms connecting for a hug.
Bloody. Don't worry, it's not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it when expressing anger…