WOW ~ Word of the Week ~ Smack

Leave a kiss but in the cup,
And I’ll not look for wine.
-Ben Jonson

“Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind.” –William Goldman

Smack (noun)

A loud kiss, 1600; a smart, sharp sound made by the lips, 1560s. To smack someone is to kiss them. I had a smack at her muns: I kissed her mouth.

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All definitions and/or examples taken from Online Etymological Dictionary, Cant: A Gentleman’s Guide, and/or 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.