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A French kiss or snog is a kiss, usually romantic or sexual in nature, in which one participant's tongue touches the other's tongue and usually enters his or her mouth.

It is referred colloquially as soul kissing, tongue kissing, tongue fighting, pash, hooking up, getting in with, busting slob, mugging it up, making-out, macking on, meeting, shifting, necking, getting into, snog, slipping the tongue, popping tongue, sucking face, swapping spit, deep kissing, getting off with, pulling, tongue wrestling, slug wrestling, tonsil tennis, tonsil ping-pong, tonsil hockey,Pontang,Going with Frencher (Quebec) and frenching. An older name for 'French kissing' is cataglottis, from cata (down), glottis (throat). In French, it is simply embrasser avec la langue (literally, to kiss with the tongue) or the slang version rouler une pelle (to roll a shovel), or "rouler un patin" (to roll a skate (as in ice-skate, or roller-skate)), or "pécho", which derives from "choper" ("to catch" in slang).

French kissing stimulates the lips, tongue and mouth, which are all areas very sensitive to touch, and the practice is considered to be pleasurable, highly intimate, and sexually arousing. Unlike other forms of kissing (such as brief kisses in greeting or friendship), episodes of French kissing may often be prolonged, intense, and passionate. Because of its potential for arousing sexual feelings in bystanders (or outrage, amusement, derision, or disgust), 'French kissing' as a public display of affection is typically discouraged in most parts of the world.

Studying animal behavior, Thierry Lodé^[1], an evolutionary biologist, argues that the French kiss has a real function: to explore the sexual partner's immune system via the saliva. Initiating the sexual desire, the French kiss allows the partners to avoid inbreeding (see also sexual conflict).

The exchange of saliva in a French kiss may increase the chances of catching an orally transmitted disease such as Infectious mononucleosis.^{[citation needed]}

Notable public 'French kisses' include the one music icon Madonna shares with Britney Spears and then Christina Aguilera at MTV's 20th annual Video Music Awards on August 28 2003 ^[2]^[3]^[4] and the kiss shared between characters Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) and Captain Grogan (Godfrey Quigley) in the Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon (1975). In the 1994 Chinese movie Impetuous Fire, Chinese-American actor Tim Chang also had a passionate French kissing scene with actress Sandy Wu that caused controversy amongst Chinese viewers.

Origin

French kissing does not necessarily stem from France, it is more likely due to a steriotypical view of the French being morally casual. The term French Kiss is cited in Private Lindner’s Letters: Censored and Uncensored of 1918:

      So I have decided to become a linguist. Being able to read French fluently and speak it wretchedly, and to speak German connectively but not to read it at all, I am taking up Luxembourg, which is a wonderful blend of the two, a sort of laison [sic] between tongues. (Not to be confused with French kissing.)

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References

^ Thierry Lodé La guerre des sexes ches les animaux, 2006 Eds Odile Jacob, Paris, ISBN 2-7381-1901-8
^ Sarah Warn (2003). "VMA's Madonna-Britney-Christina Kiss: Progress or Publicity Stunt?". afterellen.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ Associated Press (September 5, 2003). "More On The Britney-Madonna Kiss!". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
^ CNN (September 4, 2003). "Britney would not kiss another woman besides Madonna". CNN.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[1] Thierry Lodé La guerre des sexes ches les animaux, 2006 Eds Odile Jacob, Paris, ISBN 2-7381-1901-8

[2] Sarah Warn (2003). "VMA's Madonna-Britney-Christina Kiss: Progress or Publicity Stunt?". afterellen.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[3] Associated Press (September 5, 2003). "More On The Britney-Madonna Kiss!". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23.

[4] CNN (September 4, 2003). "Britney would not kiss another woman besides Madonna". CNN.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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 Notable public 'French kisses' include the one music icon [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] shares with [[Britney Spears]] and then [[Christina Aguilera]] at [[MTV]]'s 20th annual [[MTV Video Music Awards|Video Music Awards]] on [[August 28]] [[2003 in music|2003]] <small><ref>{{cite web | author=Sarah Warn | authorlink=Sarah Warn | title=VMA's Madonna-Britney-Christina Kiss: Progress or Publicity Stunt? | publisher=[[afterellen.com]] | url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/TV/vmakiss.html | month=September | year=2003 | accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref></small><small><ref>{{cite web | author=Associated Press | title=More On The Britney-Madonna Kiss! | publisher=cbsnews.com | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/05/entertainment/main571865.shtml | date=September 5, 2003 | accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref></small><small><ref>{{cite web | author=CNN | title=Britney would not kiss another woman besides Madonna | publisher= CNN.com | url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/britney.spears/ | date=September 4, 2003 | accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref></small> and the kiss shared between characters Redmond Barry ([[Ryan O'Neal]]) and Captain Grogan ([[Godfrey Quigley]]) in the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film ''[[Barry Lyndon]]'' (1975). In the 1994 Chinese movie ''[[Forever and Ever (1977 film)#1994 remake|Impetuous Fire]]'', Chinese-American actor Tim Chang also had a passionate French kissing scene with actress Sandy Wu that caused controversy amongst Chinese viewers.
+== Origin ==
+French kissing does not necessarily stem from France, it is more likely due to a steriotypical view of the French being morally casual. The term French Kiss is cited in ''Private Lindner’s Letters: Censored and Uncensored'' of 1918:
+       ''So I have decided to become a linguist. Being able to read French fluently and speak it wretchedly, and to speak German connectively but not to read it at all, I am taking up Luxembourg, which is a wonderful blend of the two, a sort of laison [sic] between tongues. (Not to be confused with French kissing.)''
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