When someone says "kiss my ass" does it refer to the hole or the cheek? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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" 🍑🐦‍⬛

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[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 88 points 6 months ago

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

[-] swope@kbin.social 20 points 6 months ago

Just don't make it weird.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

...I'm not on my period 🐍

[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 6 months ago

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

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

fealty

More like, mealty

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Swear fealty to that Lorussy

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 6 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

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

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

[-] w00@feddit.de 12 points 6 months ago

Leck mich im Arsche

[-] cabbage@piefed.social 14 points 6 months ago

In Norwegian, which is linguistically and culturally close to English, the saying is "kyss meg i ræva" - kiss me in the ass. It's not "kyss meg på ræva", 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.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] cabbage@piefed.social 4 points 6 months ago

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

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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)

[-] cabbage@piefed.social 6 points 6 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.

[-] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Y’all need Jesus

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Junkie-Jesus is a recurring figure in my Life

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

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

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

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

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 10 points 6 months ago

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

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

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

[-] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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

[-] argentcorvid@midwest.social 8 points 6 months ago

Pretty sure "ass" originally meant just the hole.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

But now we have the word asshole

[-] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 6 months ago

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

[-] reflex@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

And in 60 years we will have “asshole” and “assholehole”

Asshole-amiaaa♪

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

assholehole

Thats a medical condition called fissure, Sir

[-] argentcorvid@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago

yeah, english is dumb.

[-] Talaraine@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

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

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Depends on the context

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 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!"

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

What about “kiss my donkey 🫏”

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

"Pick a spot, Im all ass"

[-] swope@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago

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https://youtu.be/RAGcDi0DRtU?si=TC4rJJ7HqJMdPwsz

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

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

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Nobody says the latter our side of the pond

[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yep.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Clever girl

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