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Discussion Groups / English Usage / June 2007"make out" origin?
What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? > What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? The phrase was old in the early Sixties. BTW, making out stops with kissing, involving nothing below the neck. "Etc." requires other terms. Cece On 25 Jun 2007, Cece wrote >> What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? > > The phrase was old in the early Sixties. BTW, making out stops > with kissing, involving nothing below the neck. "Etc." requires > other terms. You better tell Merriam-Webster that they've got it wrong: they say it means "to engage in sexual intercourse" -- http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20out  SignatureCheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed >On 25 Jun 2007, Cece wrote > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20out Well, "making out" in the "early Sixties" was not engaging in sexual intercourse. Fer damn sure. Cece has described it pretty much as I remember it in that era. The only correction I would make to her comment is that "stops with kissing" should be "stopped by the female at kissing". The males were perfectly willing - even eager - to get into some of that "Etc.". That is not to say additional bases were not reached during "making out" in the early 60s. It is just to say that the term "making out" was understood to be just the necking part. M-W is providing a definition based on *today's* usage for the people who still use that term. Been there. Been there then. Done that. Done that then. Got my hand slapped. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL On 25 Jun 2007, tony cooper wrote >> On 25 Jun 2007, Cece wrote >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > M-W is providing a definition based on *today's* usage for the > people who still use that term. Prezackly: that's why Cece's explanation -- "BTW making out stops with..." should have been cast in the past rather than present tense. SignatureCheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed > On 25 Jun 2007, Cece wrote > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20out Merriam-Webster has a lot of difficulty with sex, as well as gay, words. I do not know why, but I am not surprised. GFJ > > What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? > > BTW, making out stops with > kissing, involving nothing below the neck. Both necks or only one? ;-) -Ramon >What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? I don't think anyone answered your question about origin. I can only guess that it was an intentionally vague term, although frankly I don't think that is the origin. The others are right about the definition. You might find a few somewhere who use it to mean having sexual relations, but more likely these are people who misunderstand what it means and use it incorrectly. It means to neck. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) > >What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > these are people who misunderstand what it means and use it > incorrectly. It means to neck. "Misunderstand"? "Use it incorrectly"? It's a colloquial euphemism, for pity's sake! It means whatever the user means by it. >> >What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > "Misunderstand"? "Use it incorrectly"? It's a colloquial euphemism, >for pity's sake! It means whatever the user means by it. The rules for colloquial and euphemism are no different from the rules for other words. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) > On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:30:28 -0000, Flying Tortoise > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > The rules for colloquial and euphemism are no different from the rules > for other words. Rules? What rules? You do know what 'colloquial' means? >> <purple....@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >What is the origin of the term "make out" (kissing, etc)? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > Rules? What rules? You do know what 'colloquial' means? Yes, and it has rules too. You can't make up your own colloquialisms and expect people to understand them, and you can't use existant colloquialism with your own new meanings and expect people to understand them either. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:29:07 -0000, Flying Tortoise > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Whatever you gezornenplatt! |
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