What does the term "Glasgow kiss" mean? I lived in Glasgow all my life (34yr).Heard this expression many times

Question

This expression keeps on popping up quite often,i just want to find out what it means. No i've not been offered one,but kinda interested in finding what it means.

It's not to say i am stupid,i'm fairly intelligent and at the age of 34years i'm sure my brain still function's normally.

Answer 1

Yes, its a head butt.

Congratulations!! If you've managed to live in Glasgow for 34 years and never been on the receiving end of a Glesga kiss, then lady luck has been on your side!!

Answer 2

You're 34 living in Glasgow and you don't know what a "Glesga Kiss is?!" I'm a Glasweigan and it means to head butt someone in the face. Go down Victoria Road on a friday night and you'll see some examples of this..........

Answer 3

aaah a glesga kiss... or a heed butt lol. a malky, take ya pick means to be head butted and its not very nice, dont live with the weegies but work there they r a great bunch of people unless u get on the wrong side of them... im scottish too and the guy in my area doon the water are just as bad but the word glesga before the kiss gives away the roughness lol

Answer 4

The Oxford Dictionary traces the first evidence of "Glasgow kiss" - a euphemism for a headbutt - to 1987. The dictionary does, however, have an example of the expression "Liverpool kiss", used 43 years previously. Not a very good advert for Glasgow or Liverpool I am afraid.

Answer 5

I live in Glasgow also and thankfully have never recieved one!!Phew!!Also try this....
A headbutt is a strike with the head, typically involving the use of robust parts of the cranium as area of impact. Effective headbutting revolves around striking a sensitive area with a less sensitive area, such as striking the nose of an opponent with the forehead. A misplaced headbutt can cause more damage to the headbutter than the headbuttee.

Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Mechanics of the headbutt
3 Headbutts in combat sports and martial arts
4 Headbutts in other sports
5 References
6 External Links
7 Footnotes



[edit] Etymology
From French boter to push or strike. Rams (sheep) are well known for butting with their heads and horns, from which the term battering ram is derived. Many males in various animal species employ butting during courtship.


[edit] Mechanics of the headbutt
Headbutts can be used from close range such as from the clinch, or on the ground. They are typically applied to the head of the opponent, since the head is often a readily available target and has several sensitive areas. An effective headbutt can be performed with a forward, rising, sideways or backwards motion; each being effective from different positions.

Parts of the cranium with thick bone and high local curvature make for good weapon areas, and these include the forehead near the hairline, the outboard curved part of the parietal bone, and the occiput. Ideal targets are usually the fragile areas of the head, including the bridge of the nose, the cheekbones, the hinge area of the jaw, the temple, and the top edge of the eye socket.

Hitting the opponent's teeth or mouth is likely to cause mutual damage. The chin of the enemy is also a generally bad position to headbutt unless striking from below up into the bottom of the chin, similar to an uppercut. With sufficient force, one could cause the opponent to bite through his or her tongue, or slam the opponent's teeth together so hard as to break them against each other.


[edit] Headbutts in combat sports and martial arts
Headbutting is considered an illegal technique in nearly all combat sports, with a few exceptions such as Burmese boxing and some mixed martial arts competitions such as Finnfight. It is also simulated in professional wrestling. Reasons for illegality vary from specific technical reasons to general inappropriateness; headbutts are prone to cause lacerations, often deeper ones than from punches[1], and may lead to both fighters sustaining concussions.[2]

Even though generally banned in sport application, several martial arts and self-defense systems do, however, include headbutting in the curriculum. In some rare systems, such as Eritrean Testa, headbutting is of major focus or is the sole focus.


[edit] Headbutts in other sports

Zinedine Zidane headbutting Marco Materazzi during the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.Headbutts are generally forbidden in most sports.

Headbutting has recently received some attention due to its use by some players during FIFA World Cup matches. Headbutting is considered illegal in association football and is punishable by a red card. In the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ariel Ortega headbutted Dutch keeper Edwin van der Sar in the Argentina vs. Netherlands quarterfinal match and was sent off. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup another Dutch player, Mark van Bommel was headbutted, this time by Luís Figo in the Portugal vs. Netherlands Round of 16 match, but Figo received only a yellow card for his offense. In the final match against Italy, Frenchman Zinedine Zidane headbutted the Italian Marco Materazzi in the chest, for which he received a red card and a subsequent three match ban (although the red card meant Zidane could play no further part in the match, the three-match ban had no effect since he had previously announced his intention to retire after the World Cup).

Answer 6

I'm not Glaswegian but I know that it means head butt, cos Glaswegians are supposed to be hard, and fight alot, going for the headbutt, is a novelty.

Answer 7

the glasgow kiss and the dublin kiss are cousins they both Head
for the same spot

Answer 8

Nope we eat dinner infront of the TV haha. But if we have family/friends over we sit around the table.

Answer 9

I heard this the other day on the TV, can't remember the programme, it means a head butt.

Answer 10

Getting head butted