etymology - How did the words petting and necking come to mean . . . And this one for petting pantry: petting pantry A movie theater Dalzell revisits necking and petting in chapter 4 ("The 1940s: The Jive Generation"), though with very little explanation of what it meant: What was in the past known as petting or necking was known by the sub-deb as boodling, gooing it, hacking, monking, mousing, mugging, or
Why are promiscuous women known as slappers? 2) The idiomatic expression "a bit of slap and tickle" meaning amorous frolicking, with kissing, petting etc is said to have existed since 1910 in the Shorter Slang Dictionary by Paul Beale, and Eric Partridge The word slap mimics the sound of flesh on flesh, or the sound of heavy breasts slapping together
Can the term jack jerk off be used for female masturbation? For females, I've heard the phrases petting the kitty and rubbing carpet, but they do not seem to be in very common usage Slightly less poetic might be bushwhacking You could also consider beating the bush
etymology - How did sand come to mean courage pluck? - English . . . Sand has been slang for courage since the mid-1800s Here are a few instances: 1847 [US] J S Robb Streaks of Squatter Life 73: He set his brain to work conning a most powerful speech, one that would knock the sand from under Hoss