The Wonderful World Of Words, 3/5/17
Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy.
--Groucho Marx
DEFINITION:
Noun -
Necking; love play; making out
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Information on this word is sparse, so this is our closest guess:
Greek (pais-, "peace" + -gony, combined form of “production,” “genesis,” “origination")
PRONUNCIATION:
[pāz - AH - jon - ē]
SCRABBLE SCORE:
24, but it is not an official Scrabble word, darnit!
USAGE/EXAMPLES:
"Peter bent down and she gave him a peck on the cheek, then turned and trotted off to rejoin her friends. Peter turned, crestfallen, and ambled along to get into Jack's car. Alistair looked over towards Peter as he steeled in and put his seatbelt on; "Now you have brought a cessation to your PAIZOGONY", Alistair announced irritably, "may we finally set forth?"
--The Inperfection of Being
by Dave Burke, 2014
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