Meaning of kiss, cuddle or torture | Babel Free

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A form of the game of kiss chase.

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Examples

“They practised for these by playing games, such as 'keeping house', and 'kiss, cuddle or torture'.”

“It has four bedrooms, a study, a massive dining kitchen, which, according to the estate agent, was its unique selling point, and it looks out across a grassy field where all the local children play 'kiss, cuddle or torture', if the youth of today still plays games like that.”

“One game was called Kiss, Cuddle or Torture. In this, a group of half a dozen or so boys linked arms and tried to surround and trap one individual. We usually ran squealing for safety into the girls' toilets. Some of the girls who were caught chose the easy route, asking for a kiss or a cuddle, but every time after Urquhart, if I was trapped, I chose torture. I preferred to endure all the boys in the group punching or kicking me than face the shame of asking them to kiss me or cuddle me.”

“'This is so tense,' Aidan said. 'I haven't had this much fun since I used to play kiss, cuddle or torture in primary school.'”

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