kissing and telling
Sharing romantic secrets
Kissing and telling is sharing intimate details about a romantic or sexual encounter, especially when discretion was expected.
The phrase often appears as an accusation: He's the type who kisses and tells.
Someone who doesn't kiss and tell keeps private matters private.
The noun form kiss-and-tell describes exposés about relationships with celebrities or public figures: a kiss-and-tell memoir.
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- romanceLove and its excitement
oversharing · scandal · dishonesty · treachery · reputation · mistrust · tabloid · celebrity gossip · media circus · exposure · public humiliation · confession · propriety · deceit · loose lips · blabbing · spill the tea · private life
kissing and tellingdiscretion
Careful judgment in speech
keeping mum · keeping secrets · silence · tight-lipped · keeping one's own counsel
kissing and tellingloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · trustworthiness · keeping faith · having someone's back · discretion
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