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lovebite
noun
Alternative spelling of love bite
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Not even Assange's sudden adoption of a cravat, revealed at such a time to suggest that Chloe had spent the previous three-and-a-half minutes furiously attempting to give him a lovebite, was weird enough to prepare anyone for what was to come.
Literal sparks, like the literal lovebite.
The demon is driven out, and Tara is grateful to Ms J. Sookie starts her shift at Merlotte's with a scarf tied around her literal lovebite, but it's the oldest trick in the book and she's not fooling anyone, not least Arlene, who's worried for her friend.
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Taking oneself seriously is a bit like lovebites, Maoism and masturbation – fine when you're a youngblood, but a bit sad once you've turned 30.
Unlike other things that seemed like a good idea at the time but are revealed as pure folly with the wisdom of age - lovebites and Trotskyism immediately come to mind - books are becoming at any age.
As Julie Burchill puts it in her introduction to Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (proudly a VMC since 2003): 'Unlike other things which seemed like a great idea at the time, but are revealed as pure folly with the wisdom of age - lovebites and Trotskyism spring immediately to mind - books are becoming at any age.
I would stand there in the shop and listen to these tales of lust and longing, buses to town and lovebites beneath polo necks, I would lean against the Formica countertop, staring at the shelves of Goblin puddings and tinned peaches, Tip Top and Fray Bentos, and suddenly there seemed a music to it all.
No longer are they advising you how to tell a friend she has BO or assuring you that lovebites will not give you cancer, as Claire and Cathy did in the early 70s.
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