Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 116. The noun phrase today is French kiss. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. A French kiss is a way of describing an open-mouth kiss and the use of the tongue to add passion to a kiss. Of course this type of kiss is usually used exclusively for a romantic partner. Yes. Okay. Let's continue. The origin of this term did not come from the French language. The French dictionary only recently added a term. I think it's pronounced galosher to describe this action. Okay. Let's continue. The term is believed to come from American and British soldiers who either through experience or by witnessing how French girlfriends and wives greeted their returning husbands or boyfriends from World War one. Many American and British soldiers started to show their passion in the same way. Even though I'm sure the French kiss has been around for a very long time before that. But maybe they popularized it and that's where the term started to become more popular after that. It is said that before it was a French kiss it used to be referred to as a Florentine kiss. Remember Florentine that's an adjective for Florence. Like in Florence, Italy. So I don't know were they ... were the Italians in Florence doing this as well. I guess so. Anyway so at one time a French kiss was referred to as a Florentine kiss. Okay and here's just a couple of quick examples. I caught her giving a French kiss to her boyfriend. mm-hmm or number two here. You say he tried to give me a French kiss. Of course French kiss could also be a verb. You could say somebody tried to ... Somebody French-kissed someone. So it could be a verb as well. As well as that noun phrase that we use it here.Today Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye- bye.
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