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Why exactly is it called 'French' kissing?

   Another thing we have French women to thank for...
   By Sarah Ilston
   21/08/2019

   Couple kissing near the marry-go-round in the park
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   Have you ever been mid-tonsil tennis and found yourself wondering "Why
   exactly is it that they call it 'French Kissing'?"

   French kissing is what most of us acknowledge to be kissing with
   tongues, passionately and open-mouthed. The kind that is not
   appropriate to perform in front of your in-laws, parents or colleagues,
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   of the Trevi Fountain in Rome or the Eiffel Tower.

   But what makes this style of kissing so very different to a quick peck
   on the lips or a slow, lingering, closed-mouth kiss? And why has it
   been named after the French? Is it simply because the French are more
   passionate creatures and we stole their kissing style?

   The most widely accepted explanation is that American and British
   servicemen in France during World War I were struck by the more
   passionate way French women kissed. When they returned home, they
   introduced 'French kissing' to their partners and lovers.
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   According to HuffPostUK, the term simply came to describe a more
   passionate style of kissing and named it after the French due to their
   sexual nature and Paris' reputation for being the 'City of Love'.

   Writer Sheril Kirshenbaum, explains in her book, The Science of
   Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us, that “French kiss” entered the
   English language around 1923.

   Kirshenbaum believes that they helped popularise the practice of
   tongue-kissing after returning home from Europe. As a result, French
   kissing appears to have become more common after World War II.

   Unsurprisingly, the French do not refer to kissing with tongues French
   kissing, they just call in kissing, they didn’t even have their own
   official term for this typeof kiss until 2013, when the slang word
   'galocher,' AKA 'to kiss with tongues,' appeared in the Petit Robert
   dictionary.

   So there you have it, not only do they have impeccable style,
   effortless hair and makeup and a seductive accent, French women were
   also the original creatures of the sexiest way to kiss. And now we can
   go forth and French kiss, thanking our overseas comrades for bringing
   the style into our lives.
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