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[[File:1101_apology_9591.jpg|link=South Park|right|With Apologies to Jesse Jackson indeed!]]
[[File:1101_apology_9591.jpg|link=South Park|frame|With Apologies to Jesse Jackson indeed!]]


{{quote|''Derk was the nyght as pich, or as the cole,<br />
{{quote|''Derk was the nyght as pich, or as the cole,<br />
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But with his mouth he kiste hir naked ers''|Geoffrey Chaucer "[[The Canterbury Tales (Literature)|Millers Tale]]" (see below for translation).}}
But with his mouth he kiste hir naked ers''|Geoffrey Chaucer "[[The Canterbury Tales (Literature)|Millers Tale]]" (see below for translation).}}


Like [[Literal Ass Kicking]], certain rear-end related sayings aren't always figurative. Often used as a form of embarassment, [[Literal Ass Kissing]] is a rather ultimate form of humiliation and submission.
Like [[Literal Ass-Kicking]], certain rear-end related sayings aren't always figurative. Often used as a form of embarassment, [[Literal Ass Kissing]] is a rather ultimate form of humiliation and submission.


A commmon variant is the [[Literal Genie]] version, when someone isn't familiar with the idiom and assumes it's an order.
A commmon variant is the [[Literal Genie]] version, when someone isn't familiar with the idiom and assumes it's an order.


See also [[Literal Ass Kicking]].
See also [[Literal Ass-Kicking]].


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* [http://despair.com/flattery.html Flattery]
* [http://despair.com/flattery.html Flattery]
{{quote| If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.}}
{{quote| If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.}}
* Medieval witches were believed to give the Devil the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osculum_infame Osculum infame]" or "Kiss of Shame" when meeting him.
* Medieval witches were believed to give the Devil the "[[wikipedia:Osculum infame|Osculum infame]]" or "Kiss of Shame" when meeting him.
* An old tradition in the South of France: people who lose a game of ''petanque'' 13-0 are supposed to "kiss Fanny's bottom". Many bars and petanque fields have a drawing or sculpture of Fanny presenting her butt to the loser, as seen [http://photos.blogs.liberation.fr/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/25/100_2919.jpg here].
* An old tradition in the South of France: people who lose a game of ''petanque'' 13-0 are supposed to "kiss Fanny's bottom". Many bars and petanque fields have a drawing or sculpture of Fanny presenting her butt to the loser, as seen [http://photos.blogs.liberation.fr/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/25/100_2919.jpg here].
* [[Slash Fic]]. That is all.
* [[Slash Fic]]. That is all.
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[[Category:Older Than Print]]
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[[Category:Literal Ass Kissing]]
[[Category:Literal Ass Kissing]]
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