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- etymology - How did the words petting and necking come to mean . . .
The sense of ' petting ' meaning "to stroke" is first found 1818 Slang sense of "kiss and caress" is from 1920 (implied in petting, in F Scott Fitzgerald) The common-sense trajectory seems to be the use of the word in relation to domestic animals, then children, then adults affectionately, then romantically See 'petting parties' here
- What is the word phrase for putting the hand on the head of other . . .
What you are describing is "petting " Although, petting is usually done to animals It may be insulting in some cultures to do it to people Some asian cultures might find it disrespectful as this article explains According to Merriam-Webster, definition 1 (b) of the verb "pet" is "to stroke in a gentle or loving manner "
- Which of these meanings for the word pet came first?
The word "pet" has a few different definitions (my own paraphrase): n: An animal kept for companionship v: To affectionately caress My question is, which of these usages originated first? Do we refer to companion animals as "pets" because we pet them? Or is the act of "petting" so dubbed because it is what we do to pets?
- Why are promiscuous women known as slappers?
Women who aren't interested in much more than sex are referred to as "slappers" in British English British informal, derogatory a promiscuous or vulgar woman Why is this? I can't find any solid
- In sex talk, how many bases are there and what do they all mean?
It also includes other forms of petting, touching and groping Third base may include manual or oral sex for either partner Home run Simply put, a home run is sexual intercourse Grand slam Those looking to excel at sexual baseball strive for the grand slam A grand slam is sexual intercourse with the female having an orgasm
- writing style - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The more she talks, the more vivid my fantasy of us listening to sober podcasts in her minivan while driving to the petting zoo becomes I would like to replace the bolded text with simply "our friendship" for the sake of succinctness (which I feel is okay as it does not change the meaning of the quote)
- 50s synonym for snogging - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
12 Petting The act or practice of amorously embracing, kissing, and caressing one's partner thefreedictionary com The Oxford English Dictionary lists this word as having originated in 16th century England, so it would certainly have been around in the fifties A Google Ngrams search reveals that snogging was very rarely used back then
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Urban Dictionary includes one explanation of quot;play quot; : Anything to do with sexual relations: fooling around, making out, oral sex or having intercourse However, most of the formal-langu
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