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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE KISS
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KISSING THROUGH THE PAGE
Defining a Kiss
DICTIONARY DEFINITION
1. to touch someone with your lips because you love them or have sexual feelings for them
- to touch someone with
- your lips when you say hello or goodbye to them
- to touch someone or something with your lips as a sign of respect
STANDARD AND PRETTY BASIC. WHAT ELSE?
A kiss is the touch or of one's lips against the lips, cheeks, forehead, or hands. Boring and truthfully that could be a kiss from your mom or a sloppy one from a jelly faced toddler.
THE JOY OF THE SEXY KISS
Kissing can be a sensual act that expresses love, simple or intense emotions and care without the need for any words. Romantic kissing can be sweet, tender, and gentle or it can be intense, wild and passionate. It conveys intent, it seduces like a dance, and it drives our primal instincts to procreate (or for fun). Passion or affection - the romantic kiss deserves some study to understand its implications in the human condition. Passionate and erotic kissing can be a very sexy thing and we know this because the French told us how.,
The act of passionate kissing can never be taken lightly. A kiss when done right can ignite a fire within you. It can do more than any touch. It can breathe life into your soul. It can keep the embers of love burning long after it is done.
Origin of the French Kiss. It is said that the term "French kiss” was coined in the Victorian times, and first appeared in print in a WW1 book called “Private Lindner’s Letters: Censored and Uncensored.” The etymological origin comes from the idea that the French were experts in passionate romance. This idea is still circling today as the French language is known as the language of love. However, this particular kissing practice was actually first introduced by British soldiers who witnessed the French passionately kissing when visiting France during World War I. Before this, the French kiss was dubbed the “Florentine kiss.”
In France they call the kiss a baiser amoureux (love kiss) or baiser avec la langue (kiss with the tongue). The word galocher, a verb meaning “to kiss with tongues,” was added to French dictionaries in 2014.
PASSION KISSERS - you can click ahead if you want. We all know you want the sex authority so the Kama Sutra it is. When you tried them all click back to part two. You don’t want to miss how to get high ftom kissing.
THE ROMANTICS GET AN ANSWER TOO
The oldest evidence of a kissing comes from the Hindu Vedic Sanskrit texts written over 3,500 years ago. The ancient texts describe a kiss so succinctly.
Kissing was described as inhaling each other's soul. Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls because the spirit is said to be carried in one’s breath.
I pondered all this for a moment and I wrote up my own view to share with you.
A KISS IS A KISS
A vow made at a close range
A promise made
A confession and a forgiveness
A seal of a deal or a pact
A discovery, a reveal or a surprise
An assurance of protection
A secret told from soul to soul
A distinction between giving and taking
A moment of blissful peace
A expression of art, dance or poetry
A claim or intention or devouring
A message from heart to heart
A meeting of the minds
A glimpse of hope for the future
A strengthening of a bond
A kiss of lifetime and a million more still yet to come
What Do the Experts Say?
Rolling back the clock to 1898
A KISS AND IT’S HISTORY
Now this an intriguing look at the beauty of a kiss published circa 1898. Kristoffer Nyrop (1858-1931), was a distinguished student of Romance linguistics and semantic change and he took a journey through the art of a kiss. His book is called The Kiss and its History and you can view the text online. Nyrop had a poetic flair for description and his words paint a picture of a kiss full of love.
Now this an intriguing look at the beauty of a kiss published circa 1898. Kristoffer Nyrop (1858-1931), was a distinguished student of Romance linguistics and semantic change and he took a journey through the art of a kiss. His book is called The Kiss and its History and you can view the text online. Nyrop had a poetic flair for description and his words paint a picture of a kiss full of love.
A KISS IS AN EXULTANT MESSAGE
..longing of love, love eternally young, the burning prayer of hot desire, born on the lovers' lips…
IT IS RICH IN PROMISE
...It bestows an intoxicating feeling of infinite happiness, courage, and youth, and therefore surpasses all other earthly joys in sublimity...
AND THE HIGHEST WORK OF ART
...the loftiest reputation, is nothing in comparison with the passionate kiss of a woman one loves...
And... Some Classic Kissing
WHEN WE NEED TO KNOW THE ANSWER THEN ALL WE NEED IS TO OPEN A BOOK
The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence
“She lifted her face to him, and he bent forward and kissed her on the mouth, gently, with the one kiss that is an eternal pledge. And as he kissed her his heart strained again in his breast. He never intended to love her. But now it was over. He had crossed over the gulf to her, and all that he had left behind had shrivelled and become void.”
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete. “
Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Nigel kissed the hand that she held out, and all his faith in woman and his reverence came back to him as he looked at her. “
Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”
Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
“You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how. And the quiet face of Ashley Wilkes was blurred and drowned to nothingness. He bent back her head across his arm and kissed her, softly at first, and then with a swift gradation of intensity that made her cling to him as the only solid thing in a dizzy swaying world. His insistent mouth was parting her shaking lips, sending wild tremors along her nerves, evoking from her sensations she had never known she was capable of feeling. And before a swimming giddiness spun her round and round, she knew that she was kissing him back.”
Don Juan by Lord Byron
“A long, long kiss, a kiss of youth, and love, And beauty, all concentrating like rays Into one focus, kindled from above; Such kisses as belong to early days, Where heart, and soul, and sense, in concert move, And the blood’s lava, and the pulse a blaze, Each kiss a heart-quake, — for a kiss’s strength, I think, it much be reckon’d by its length.”
Robert Browning
“The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet! “
Lord Tennyson
“Once he drew with one long kiss My whole soul through my lips, As sunlight drinketh dew. “
Victor Hugo
“How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.”
Ernest Hemingway
“I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.”
SHAKESPEARE
Sonnet CXXVIII
How oft when thou, my music, music play'st,
Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds
With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway'st
The wiry concord that mine ear confounds,
Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap,
To kiss the tender inward of thy hand,
Whilst my poor lips which should that harvest reap,
At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
To be so tickled, they would change their state
And situation with those dancing chips,
O'er whom thy fingers walk with gentle gait,
Making dead wood more bless'd than living lips.
Since saucy jacks so happy are in this,
Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.
Thus with a kiss I die.
—Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3
You have witchcraft in your lips.
—Henry V, Act 5, Scene 2
Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.
—Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5
I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.
—Othello, Act 4, Scene 3
O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne? Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show Thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow!
—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
Love hath made thee a tame snake.
—As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2
He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo.
—The Taming of the Shrew, Act 3, Scene 2
O, let me kiss that hand!
Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.
—King Lear, Act 4, Scene 6
Why, there’s a wench! Come on, and kiss me, Kate.
—The Taming of the Shrew, Act 5, Scene 2
The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence
“She lifted her face to him, and he bent forward and kissed her on the mouth, gently, with the one kiss that is an eternal pledge. And as he kissed her his heart strained again in his breast. He never intended to love her. But now it was over. He had crossed over the gulf to her, and all that he had left behind had shrivelled and become void.”
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete. “
Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Nigel kissed the hand that she held out, and all his faith in woman and his reverence came back to him as he looked at her. “
Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”
Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
“You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how. And the quiet face of Ashley Wilkes was blurred and drowned to nothingness. He bent back her head across his arm and kissed her, softly at first, and then with a swift gradation of intensity that made her cling to him as the only solid thing in a dizzy swaying world. His insistent mouth was parting her shaking lips, sending wild tremors along her nerves, evoking from her sensations she had never known she was capable of feeling. And before a swimming giddiness spun her round and round, she knew that she was kissing him back.”
Don Juan by Lord Byron
“A long, long kiss, a kiss of youth, and love, And beauty, all concentrating like rays Into one focus, kindled from above; Such kisses as belong to early days, Where heart, and soul, and sense, in concert move, And the blood’s lava, and the pulse a blaze, Each kiss a heart-quake, — for a kiss’s strength, I think, it much be reckon’d by its length.”
Robert Browning
“The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet! “
Lord Tennyson
“Once he drew with one long kiss My whole soul through my lips, As sunlight drinketh dew. “
Victor Hugo
“How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.”
Ernest Hemingway
“I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.”
SHAKESPEARE
Sonnet CXXVIII
How oft when thou, my music, music play'st,
Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds
With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway'st
The wiry concord that mine ear confounds,
Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap,
To kiss the tender inward of thy hand,
Whilst my poor lips which should that harvest reap,
At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
To be so tickled, they would change their state
And situation with those dancing chips,
O'er whom thy fingers walk with gentle gait,
Making dead wood more bless'd than living lips.
Since saucy jacks so happy are in this,
Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.
Thus with a kiss I die.
—Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3
You have witchcraft in your lips.
—Henry V, Act 5, Scene 2
Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.
—Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5
I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.
—Othello, Act 4, Scene 3
O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne? Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show Thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow!
—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
Love hath made thee a tame snake.
—As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2
He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo.
—The Taming of the Shrew, Act 3, Scene 2
O, let me kiss that hand!
Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.
—King Lear, Act 4, Scene 6
Why, there’s a wench! Come on, and kiss me, Kate.
—The Taming of the Shrew, Act 5, Scene 2
It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. A kiss to make angels faint and demons weep.
A passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss
it nearly knocked the earth off its axis.
Lisa Kleypas
A passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss
it nearly knocked the earth off its axis.
Lisa Kleypas
Kissing is a Human Thing Right?
What does the rest of the world believe?
Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. A kiss can be an expression of love, passion, romance, or sexual attraction, arousal, or activity, and it could be an affection given in greeting within the context of family, friendship or business associates, or acquaintances. Kissing can express a wide range of emotions or sentiments like love, respect, chivalry, gratitude, joy, excitement, honor, or shared with compassion, sympathy, empathy, profound sorrow, or as a final farewell. . It may be a custom, ritual, or a formal or symbolic gesture as expressed in good luck, congratulations, or to “seal the deal” like when making a promise, the first kiss of a romantic relationship or the formal wedding kiss after the pronunciation of husband and wife. A kiss appears as a ritual or symbol of religious devotion as well. For example, kissing the ring of a religious figure, a temple floor, or a religious book or icon. Besides devotion, a kiss has also indicated subordination, submission and respect.
There are 168 cultures across the world and while you would think kissing is a universal act, only 46% of them engage in romantic kissing. A 2015 study found that kissing is not the universal way to express desire and love. In fact, there are a number of cultures and tribes in sub-Saharan Africa, New Guinea, and the Amazon where people do not kiss. Other estimates say that about 10% of the global population doesn't kiss at all. In that group, kissing is thought to be dirty or have superstitious repercussions. In parts of Sudan it is believed that the mouth is the portal to the soul so kissing would invite death and cause the loss of their spirit. Kissing is still seen as improper by some societies or cultures. In some parts of the world it is taboo to kiss publicly and is banned in movies or other media. There are still kissing laws on the books - in the US.
There are 168 cultures across the world and while you would think kissing is a universal act, only 46% of them engage in romantic kissing. A 2015 study found that kissing is not the universal way to express desire and love. In fact, there are a number of cultures and tribes in sub-Saharan Africa, New Guinea, and the Amazon where people do not kiss. Other estimates say that about 10% of the global population doesn't kiss at all. In that group, kissing is thought to be dirty or have superstitious repercussions. In parts of Sudan it is believed that the mouth is the portal to the soul so kissing would invite death and cause the loss of their spirit. Kissing is still seen as improper by some societies or cultures. In some parts of the world it is taboo to kiss publicly and is banned in movies or other media. There are still kissing laws on the books - in the US.
- In Indiana it is illegal for men with mustaches "to habitually kiss human beings."
- In Logan County, Colorado a man is forbidden to kiss a woman while she’s asleep.
- In Hartford, Connecticut, men are prohibited from kissing their wives on Sundays.
STORY OF THE KISSKISSING VOCABULARY
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- Kiss is a Word and the Language is Love
- A World of Kisses
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