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air-kiss, v. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˈɛːkɪs|, U.S. |ˈɛrˌkɪs|
[‹ air n.1 + kiss v. Compare earlier air kiss n.]
trans. To give an air kiss to. Also intr.
1975Newsweek 3 Mar. 64/1 The uncontested Prince of American Design murmured greetings to the chic crowd, carefully air-kissing their cheeks. 1988People 16 May 57/1 More than 300 close personal friends gathered..to quaff Perrier and air-kiss the novelist's preternaturally taut cheeks. 1996Time Out N.Y. 4–11 Sept. 42/4 A crowd of beautiful people, suntanned fashionistas and their coattail-riders, all air-kissing and cocktailing. 2004Z. P. Lorenc & T. Hall Little Work xv. 207 She air-kissed me goodbye, but I couldn't tell what she would decide to do.
Derivatives. air-kisser n. a person who (habitually) gives air kisses.
1983Washington Post 4 Dec. (Style section) 15/6 She is not a social *air-kisser, but a firm hand-shaker and confident conversationalist. 1986Fortune (Nexis) 3 Mar. 117 One is an air kisser—that is, she kisses the air just behind my right ear. 2004Observer (Nexis) 3 Oct. 5 A last-ditch attempt to rescue the place from the clutches of the fashionistas and the air-kissers.
air-kissing adj. and n.
1979Washington Post 27 Nov. b6/2 Through the curtain from the next cubicle bursts a blithe spirit who gives Reza a bear-hug and a jet-setter's *air-kissing peck on the cheek. 1980N.Y. Times 27 Oct. b5/3 The Princess was talking about the cheek and air kissing that was going on all over the place. 1998Independent 1 June i. 13/5 Mash is the current fave rave of every air-kissing media darling in the city. 2005Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Sept. 28 He's a pretty stylish guy, but all the air-kissing and some of the over-the-top types swanning around left him open-mouthed. |