kiss and tell
Share private romance
Kiss and tell means to reveal intimate or private details about a romantic or sexual encounter, especially to the media or for personal gain.
The phrase often appears as an adjective: a kiss-and-tell memoir, a kiss-and-tell interview.
Someone who kisses and tells betrays confidence for attention or money: She sold her kiss-and-tell story to the tabloids.
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- pillow talkIntimate conversation in bed
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- loose lipsHabit of revealing secrets
indiscretion · scandal · expose · blabbermouth · tabloid · secret · revelatory · NDA · hush money · betrayal · breach · affair · tryst · one night stand · morning after · overshare · juicy · disloyalty
- tabloid mediasensationalism, tabloids, yellow journalism, tabloidization, gossip columns
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
- Informerssnitch, informer, informant, fink, squealer
kiss and tellkeep mum
Remain silent intentionally
discretion · confidentiality · keep quiet · keep one's own counsel · keep one's counsel
kiss and tellloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
be faithful · keep faith · gentleman's agreement · confidentiality · omertà
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