Up until now there hasn’t been a french word for ‘french kissing.’
Why use one word when several will do… up until now french kissing has been described as ‘kissing at length in the mouth’.
This has now been remedied, the Petit Robert Dictionary 2014 edition, which went on sale on yesterday now has a new addition :-
“Galocher”, to kiss with tongues.
The term “french kiss” once also called a “florentine kiss” is popularly considered to have been brought to the English-speaking world by soldiers returning after the first world war. At the time, the French had a reputation for more adventurous sexual practices.
The word “galocher” was a slang term that has been around for a while but only now has it being officially recognised in a French dictionary.
Interestingly, “La galoche” is an ice-skating boot, so the new term riffs evocatively on the idea of sliding around the ice.
Why use one word when several will do… up until now french kissing has been described as ‘kissing at length in the mouth’.
This has now been remedied, the Petit Robert Dictionary 2014 edition, which went on sale on yesterday now has a new addition :-
“Galocher”, to kiss with tongues.
The term “french kiss” once also called a “florentine kiss” is popularly considered to have been brought to the English-speaking world by soldiers returning after the first world war. At the time, the French had a reputation for more adventurous sexual practices.
The word “galocher” was a slang term that has been around for a while but only now has it being officially recognised in a French dictionary.
Interestingly, “La galoche” is an ice-skating boot, so the new term riffs evocatively on the idea of sliding around the ice.
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