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Today's
Wordsmith word of the day via
EclectChick.
Glasgow kiss
noun: A headbutt: a strike with the head to someone's sensitive area (such as the nose).
Etymology:
This slang for headbutt is relatively recent. The OED shows this 1982 citation from the Daily Mirror as the first printed use of the term:
"Glasgow has its own way of welcoming people ... There is a broken bottle gripped in the fist of greeting. Or there's the Glasgow Kiss -- a sharp whack on the nose with the forehead."
The term arose from allusion to violence in part of the city. An earlier term is a Liverpool kiss.
Today's Wordsmith word of the day via EclectChick.
2 comments:
Ah, yes. My pals and I have been busy compiling a list of people we want to "kiss." heh heh
I'm gonna give 'em a Glasgow kiss. Susan will follow with a Liverpool kiss, then Barq's just gonna spit on 'em.
Scotland produces lots of this hooligan stuff. It seems charming until you're the target of it.
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