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kiss and tell, n. and a.
Brit. |ˌkɪs (ə)n(d) ˈtɛl|, U.S. |ˈˌkɪs ən ˈtɛl|
[‹ to kiss and tell at kiss v. 6m.]
A. n. The act or an instance of recounting publicly one's sexual exploits; now freq. by the (former) lover of a famous or notorious person. Freq. in extended use, esp. in Polit. (orig. U.S.): the revealing of confidential information gained through a close or privileged relationship. Also: the journalistic form or style in which such revelations are typically made.
In quot. 1726 part of an extended conceit.
1726G. Odingsells Capricious Lovers i. v. 13 Mrs M: I nauseate your Smacks—your rude, noisy Smacks. Gra.: I confess, Coz, there you have reason,—for 'tis like kiss and tell.
1988Sunday Times 16 Oct. g3/1 Upwardly Mobile, an Autobiography contains no kiss and tell. 1990R. Blount First Hubby 19 Now they want me to write..a lighthearted, affectionate account of life in the White House under..the first woman president... There are doubtless some readers who would like a kiss-and-tell. 1992Independent 1 Feb. (Mag.) 30/1 Turning from erotic fiction to carnal fact, Thomas also produced a 1988 autobiography, Memories and Hallucinations, an unusual combination of literary monograph and tabloid kiss-and-tell. 1995Times 28 Jan. 20/3 Justifying his kiss-and-tell on the grounds that the dramatist was a treacherous hypocrite.
B. adj. (attrib.). Of, relating to, or involving a kiss-and-tell; that makes or is liable to make such a revelation.
In modern use, earlier than the noun.
1963R. H. Rovere in New Yorker 16 Mar. 195/1 Hughes' ‘The Ordeal of Power’..is a political memoir..of highly questionable taste and propriety. It is a kiss-and-tell book. 196619th-cent. Fiction 20 408 The twentieth-century kiss-and-tell school of literary lovers, as exemplified by the movie-magazine antics of Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren. 1984Sounds 29 Dec. 14/2 Don't invite kiss-and-tell girls. 2001Mirror (Electronic ed.) 19 Jan. But it is believed that he turned down a {pstlg}1 million offer to write a ‘kiss and tell’ account of his life with the most famous woman in the world. |