Kiss-me-quick hat
A kiss-me-quick hat is a British seaside novelty hat, typically bearing the words "Kiss me quick" or "Kiss me quick, squeeze me slow".[1][2] Culturally, The Daily Telegraph describes them as "one step up from a knotted handkerchief".[1]
Rhyming slang and derivative terms
[edit]"Kiss me quick" has been used as rhyming slang for "prick".[3] Also used as an -ism as in "kiss-me-kwik seaside towns." - describing "cheap, dated, seaside towns" according to Partridge.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "How to have a very British day at the seaside, in pictures". The Telegraph. 17 May 2016.
- ^ "The Great British seaside museum collections come together for Seaside Heritage project | Culture24".
- ^ a b Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (26 June 2015). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. pp. 1332–. ISBN 978-1-317-37252-3.