Meaning of lip service | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Promising but empty talk; words without action or intention.
   idiomatic, uncountable
2. Cunnilingus (sometimes also referred to as giving lip).
   slang, uncountable, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“The candidate gave lip service to fixing the problems, but it is doubtful that he will do much.”

“Don’t madam me, — I can’t bear none of your lip service. I’m a plain-spoken woman, that’s what I am, and I like other people’s tongues to be as plain as mine.”

“Your love is thick, and it swallowed me whole / You're so much braver than I gave you credit for / That's not lip service”

““OK, let’s see if he’s really being honest about this,” Ms. Neloms, 42, who is Black, recalled thinking. “My prayer is that it’s not just lip service.””

“Jack gave Samantha lip service.”

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