| Description |
The term asskissing as we know it today, i.e. as a description of an act of 'sucking up' to one's superiors and acting a certain way in order to flatter people with the intention of extracting favours from them, originates in the Latin phrase "Osculum Infame" (or "Osculum Obscenum" as it is sometimes also known), the Kiss if Shame, the indecent- or unholy kiss. |