French Kissing
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May 2, 2025
A French kiss is an intimate, open-mouthed kiss involving tongue-to-tongue contact. It is associated with France due to a 20th-century reputation for passion and romance, with the term popularized by American and British soldiers returning from WWI, who adopted the phrase after encountering a more adventurous style of kissing in France.
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