How about we start with the cheek and see how we both feel from there.
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2024
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Just don't make it weird.
...I'm not on my period π
When you swore fealty to a lord you were made to kiss the ring, so interpret that however you like
fealty
More like, mealty
Swear fealty to that Lorussy
This is hands-down the most disturbing turn of phrase I've ever had the mixed fortune to encounter lol. Still chuckling at this
Both ringz. While we're on the subject, how much easier and cheaper and sex-positive would engagement be if that was the much-anticipated ring.
The inside of the hole, as far as the tongue will reach.
Leck mich im Arsche
In Norwegian, which is linguistically and culturally close to English, the saying is "kyss meg i rΓ¦va" - kiss me in the ass. It's not "kyss meg pΓ₯ rΓ¦va", 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.
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.
The decision to opt for "leck" rather than "kΓΌss" really speaks for the subtle beauty of the German language.
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)
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.
Yβall need Jesus
Junkie-Jesus is a recurring figure in my Life
Well, normal ass-kissing is the cheek. A true brown-noser, though, takes it too far.
This was also my conjecture, and I'm not brown-nosing ;)
I always imagined the cheek, but now I don't know ...
That's how I always interpreted turning the other cheek tbh...
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
Pretty sure "ass" originally meant just the hole.
But now we have the word asshole
And in 60 years we will have "asshole" and "assholehole"
assholehole
Thats a medical condition called fissure, Sir
yeah, english is dumb.
I think if you're kissing the asshole that qualifies as 'eating' ass, not kissing it
Depends on the context
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!"
What about βkiss my donkey π«β
"Pick a spot, Im all ass"
Yep.
Clever girl
Depends. Did they say kiss my ass, or kiss my asshole?
Nobody says the latter our side of the pond