make out on the bus

English translation: snog/neck on the bus

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English term or phrase:make out on the bus
Selected answer:snog/neck on the bus
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

13:30 Aug 21, 2015
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / film
English term or phrase: make out on the bus
Hi I stumbeld on that one
You may love or be someone who can't have kids
2:17.29or doesn't want to,
2:18.54who believes in marriage but also in divorce,
2:20.79who's from a culture where people don't really date
2:22.97the way we think of dating,
2:24.75or who just doesn't want to make out on the bus

Why make out on the bus? Is it just kidd someone on the bus? Is it like kind of teenage prank ?
What's the cultural background?

Thanks!
kirobite
Belarus
snog/neck on the bus
Explanation:
easy to find but I'd see it as more than just "kissing". Some groping involved too!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_out
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 18:51
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4 +4snog/neck on the bus
Yvonne Gallagher
5 +1kiss on the bus
Mikhail Kropotov
4to make out = making out = heavy petting = foreplay
Jean-Claude Gouin


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
snog/neck on the bus


Explanation:
easy to find but I'd see it as more than just "kissing". Some groping involved too!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_out

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: Yes, you're obviously right, I oversimplified it. Fondling, etc. is included. Though that's not what seems to be troubling this asker.
11 mins
  -> Thanks:-) Yes, obviously some cultural groups would never carry on with this activity (esp. in public view!)

agree  B D Finch
26 mins
  -> Thanks:-)

agree  Charles Davis
2 hrs
  -> Thanks:-)

agree  Charlesp
2 days 1 hr
  -> Thanks:-)
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kiss on the bus


Explanation:
make out means to kiss
целовать в школьном автобусе

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Note added at 2 mins (2015-08-21 13:33:30 GMT)
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целоваться, прощу прощения

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I watched your vid here http://www.cclocator.com/en/video/?v=5sY4rhvB9LE&lang=en

The point they're making is that displays of affection are different in different cultures. In some cultures a couple of young people might kiss and fondle each other in a semi-public place like the school bus, while in others it would not be appropriate. If translating into Russian, I would localize this to "on the subway" (в метро) though the problem is that we see the bus explicitly in the video. Then you might say "in public transport" (в общественном транспорте).

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Well, в подъезде is close, though it's not as public as on the bus. Plus, the video shows us an actual bus, so you can hardly get away from translating along the lines of some kind of transport.

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Also, kids riding the school bus don't have a wide choice of partners. A bus fits about 30-40 kids, with ages possibly ranging from 6 to 18. So if a couple of kids are smooching on the bus, that probably means they are just experimenting with whoever was available, more or less. That's one minor difference from smooching on the staircase of an apartment building, where two teens might go after choosing each from a much larger number of available 'partners' in their neighborhood or school.

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 19:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: Where did you get the idea of this being a school bus? As British buses are often double-deckers, the upper deck gives a little bit more privacy than the lower deck or a tube train.
36 mins
  -> From the video. The narrator is American and the video shows a school bus.

agree  airmailrpl: kiss and hug (and fondle) on the bus
10 hrs

neutral  Charlesp: explanatory, but Gallagy's answer uses better terminology here *(for this context)
2 days 1 hr
  -> It's not about terminology!!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to make out = making out = heavy petting = foreplay


Explanation:
I left out 'on the bus' because this activity can happen anywhere.
'Making out' covers a wide range of sexual behaviour; it includes
French kissing, some genital stimulation ... everything short of
sexual intercourse.

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 14:51
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  airmailrpl: things are different in Canada !!
3 hrs
  -> And things are different in Brazil ... I don't understand your remark ...
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