Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

love bite

Turkish translation:

Aşk ısırığı

Added to glossary by Zeki Güler
Jun 18, 2015 21:10
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English term

love bite

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In the UK a 'love bite' is 'a temporary red mark on a person's skin caused by a lover biting or sucking it as a sexual act.' In the U.S. it is called as a 'hickey', defined as a kiss mark, love bite, or bug bite - a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by the kissing or suckling of the skin, usually on the neck or arm. While biting might be part of giving a hickey, sucking is sufficient to burst small superficial blood vessels under the skin.
So much for a physiological excursus. The two Turkish terms I have found in tureng are aşk ısırığı & sivilce - the latter seems totally bizarre for a love bite. Is the former the only one in use or are there others more colloquial & less like word for word translations or physiological anomalies, like sivilce!
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Jun 24, 2015 20:04: Zeki Güler Created KOG entry

Discussion

Elif Baykara Narbay Jun 22, 2015:
Zeki G.'ye katılıyorum. Başta verilen tanıma dayanarak ısırık izi olması gerektiğini düşünmüştüm, ancak "hickey" karşılığı ve "aşk ısırığı" olarak çevrilmesi bence de daha doğru.
Zeki Güler Jun 20, 2015:
At first sight, it sounds logical, however, in practice it is used as "aşk ısırığı", which is an established phrase. You can make a Google search for both phrases and see it. Best,
Hellinas (asker) Jun 20, 2015:
Elif! Bence doğru noktaya parmak bastın. Zeki, bunu bir ne düşünüyorsun?
Elif Baykara Narbay Jun 19, 2015:
"Aşk ısırığı izi / izleri" demek daha doğru olmaz mı?
Zeki Güler Jun 19, 2015:
Yes, sivilce is never used with that meaning. It is totally different.
Hellinas (asker) Jun 19, 2015:
sivilce Thanks, Zeki! Surely sivilce is never used despite being in the dictionaries with that meaning?

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to Zeki as well as Elif's valuable comments. I had already given this term in my own question but sivilce is also given in the dictionaries: I don't know why since it seems to mean 'acne' & nothing resembling 'hickey'. By the way, A hickey is the slang name for neck bruising. They can range from closed skin discolouration to a partial bleeding. Love bites actually puncture the skin & leave tooth bite marks."
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