The hole is obviously more fragrant but thats pretty damn intimate for someone you probably dislike or want to be vindickated by

I always sorta interpreted it as a quick “peck on the cheek” 🍑🐦‍⬛

  • key
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    885 months ago

    How about we start with the cheek and see how we both feel from there.

  • BougieBirdie
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    355 months ago

    When you swore fealty to a lord you were made to kiss the ring, so interpret that however you like

  • cabbage
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    In Norwegian, which is linguistically and culturally close to English, the saying is “kyss meg i ræva” - kiss me in the ass. It’s not “kyss meg på ræva”, which would be kiss me on the ass.

    So if we assume common roots/interpretation, I think it’s safe to assume it’s not referring to a smack on the cheek.

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      On the other hand we have German where the common saying is “Leck mich am Arsch”, meaning “lick me on the arse”.

      But “Leck mich im Arsch” - “lick me in the arse” - still exists. It is just not as commonly used. The most popular usage is probably Mozart’s song with the same title.

      • cabbage
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        The decision to opt for “leck” rather than “küss” really speaks for the subtle beauty of the German language.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      In actual English, its more like “kiss my ass”, doesn’t really go too far into detail. We reserve the alternate implication for kiss-asses, which are also caller brown-nose[er]s (sycophants and tattle-tales/teachers pets)

      • cabbage
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        The fact that English leaves it a bit more vague than Norwegian is a feature of the language, but I’m pretty sure the original meaning in English is the same - in the ass, not on it. “Kyss meg i ræva” is used in exactly the same way as “kiss my ass”.

        Sexual profanities are generally not intended to be taken literally.

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    While kissing someone’s ass is almost never appropriate on a first date, it might relate to the “kiss of shame”, one of the weird things allegedly performed by witches. See Osculum Infame

  • Talaraine
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    I think if you’re kissing the asshole that qualifies as ‘eating’ ass, not kissing it

  • @[email protected]
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    The earliest written occurrence of “lick my ass” in German is from Goethe, 1773. And there it says “But he, tell him that, he can lick me in the arse!”