Is there an American equivalent for “snogging”? Is it different than smooching? If not, then should we adopt this side of the pond?
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Is there an American equivalent for “snogging”? Is it different than smooching? If not, then should we adopt this side of the pond?
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Whatever happened to “necking”?
That is the American equivalent yes.. and like all words used by teenagers who later become parents, the kids don’t use it anymore. Expect the same of snogging.
Good–I can’t wait. Snogging is a stupid word.
“Playing TSA?”
Wait, doesn’t snogging generally stop at first base?
What’s wrong with “kissing”? Is there some connotation to “snogging” that makes it a qualitatively different activity?
Snogging is extensive kissing plus cuddling and some degree of wandering hands. Think “making out” or, as noted above, “necking”. It probably ought to be possible to distinguish this from kissing alone, but as Trent notes this is the sort of thing that each generation has to come up with a new name for (on account of each generation is absolutely certain it invented recreational sex – you don’t think our parents did that sort of stuff? Eww!).
I guess I always thought of ‘snogging’ the way John says. Just a little more than just swapping spit, but not a lot more.
I remember seeing a movie or TV show once where girls from the UK were talking about ‘snogging’ and there was talk of ‘nipple reactions’ (yeah, I cleaned that up) during ‘snogging. If you don’t have a hand in there, how would you know? You can’t stand back far enough to see it AND keep kissing! Not unless you’ve got really long lips.
John,
EVERY generation thinks two things about themselves.
A.) They ‘invented’ sex.
B.) Just like Jesus, they are the products of Immaculate Conception because there’s NO way MY mother ever did THAT!!!
(but let’s face it, somebody’s mom had to be [pick your generational term] a tramp, slut, ho, freak in HS!)
Nit: Immaculate Conception refers to the Catholic dogma that Mary was born free of original sin, not that Jesus was born of a virgin.
MPM,
in 3rd grade they assured me original sin is how ALL of us get here, except for Jesus, via Mary’s special dispensation. It’s passed down, like blue eyes or baldness, from Adam and Eve, to all of us. And I was taught every year, once we understood what it meant, that Mary was ‘intact’.
That concept goes back to the mid 600’s via Church Doctrine and teaching until I left Parochial scholl in the early 70’s. Ergo, and according to my Catholic Encyclopedia and the Apostle’s Creed, Mary was a Virgin.
I may no longer attend a Catholic Church, but I know what I was taught and I just checked the online CE.
(anyway, I was attempting to make a joke, not start a theological debate)(I should know better, but…)
“Macking [on]” is the most recent euphemism I’m familiar with (as in about 10 years ago).
Word.
BTW, the tiara — not workin’ for you, man…
Ya I remember “macking on…”, before that there was “mashing face”, and “groping” until that became creepy….