Thought for today
Glasgow kiss
PRONUNCIATION: (GLAS-go kis, GLAZ-go kis)
MEANING:
noun: A headbutt: a strike with the head to someone's sensitive area (such as the nose).
ETYMOLOGY:
This slang for headbutt is relatively recent. The OED shows this 1982 citation from the Daily Mirror as the first printed use of the term:
"Glasgow has its own way of welcoming people ... there is the broken bottle gripped in the fist greeting, or there's the Glasgow Kiss -- a sharp whack on the nose with the forehead."
PRONUNCIATION: (GLAS-go kis, GLAZ-go kis)
MEANING:
noun: A headbutt: a strike with the head to someone's sensitive area (such as the nose).
ETYMOLOGY:
This slang for headbutt is relatively recent. The OED shows this 1982 citation from the Daily Mirror as the first printed use of the term:
"Glasgow has its own way of welcoming people ... there is the broken bottle gripped in the fist greeting, or there's the Glasgow Kiss -- a sharp whack on the nose with the forehead."