love bites
Passionate neck marks
Love bites are small bruises left on the skin—typically the neck—from sucking or biting during passionate kissing or sex.
Also called hickeys.
The marks serve as visible evidence of intimacy, which can be a source of pride or embarrassment depending on context: She wore a scarf to hide the love bites.
- hickeysSuction bruises from kissing
- kissTouch with lips
- making outExtended romantic kissing
- romanceLove and its excitement
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
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gentleness vs. severity
love bitesdeep wounds
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