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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" πŸ‘πŸ¦β€β¬›

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

What about β€œkiss my donkey πŸ«β€

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

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!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, normal ass-kissing is the cheek. A true brown-noser, though, takes it too far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This was also my conjecture, and I'm not brown-nosing ;)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Junkie-Jesus is a recurring figure in my Life

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The decision to opt for "leck" rather than "kΓΌss" really speaks for the subtle beauty of the German language.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Clever girl

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends. Did they say kiss my ass, or kiss my asshole?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Nobody says the latter our side of the pond

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I think if you're kissing the asshole that qualifies as 'eating' ass, not kissing it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I always imagined the cheek, but now I don't know ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's how I always interpreted turning the other cheek tbh...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The inside of the hole, as far as the tongue will reach.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Leck mich im Arsche

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

"Pick a spot, Im all ass"

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Swear fealty to that Lorussy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

This is hands-down the most disturbing turn of phrase I've ever had the mixed fortune to encounter lol. Still chuckling at this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Depends on the context

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure "ass" originally meant just the hole.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

But now we have the word asshole

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

yeah, english is dumb.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And in 60 years we will have "asshole" and "assholehole"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

assholehole

Thats a medical condition called fissure, Sir

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

And in 60 years we will have β€œasshole” and β€œassholehole”

Asshole-amiaaaβ™ͺ

[–] [email protected] 89 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

...I'm not on my period 🐍