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hickey vs love bite

Both 'hickey' and 'love bite' refer to the same thing, which is a mark on the skin caused by kissing or sucking. They are interchangeable and commonly used in informal contexts.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1137 views

hickey

The term 'hickey' is correct and commonly used to refer to a mark on the skin caused by kissing or sucking.

It is used informally to describe the mark left on the skin after someone kisses or sucks on it.

Examples:

  • She had a hickey on her neck.
  • He tried to cover up the hickey with a scarf.
  • I got a hickey from my boyfriend last night.
  • The hickey was quite noticeable.
  • She blushed when someone mentioned the hickey.
  • And you have a hickey on your neck.
  • I would have left knowing more than how to remove a hickey with a toothbrush.
  • The proud owner of his first hickey.
  • What is that? Nasty hickey, or...
  • Well, it can't be a hickey.
  • I wasn't really expecting a hickey.
  • But this hickey speaks for itself.
  • I'm giving you a hickey, you goof.
  • Someone created those hickey marks, then bled the man out.
  • It's as obvious as that hickey on your neck.
  • Tess, is this about the hickey?
  • Son, I'd let goering give me a hickey if he'd get me to the bottom of this.
  • Because you had a hickey on your neck for a week after our mission in Miami.
  • In fact, tell whoever gave you that hickey she's got a loose crown.
  • Just a little hickey that Kitty Randall gave to me when we dry humped the other night.
  • Well, Nikki with the hickey I didn't know, uh, you were seeing someone.
  • Dude, I hope it wasn't your brother that gave you that hickey.
  • The defendant dumped boiling water on her baby because the father came home with a hickey on his neck.
  • Is that a hickey you have there?
  • Well, he hasn't owned up to anything, but I'm as sure as the hickey I saw on his neck.

Alternatives:

  • love bite
  • kiss mark
  • passion mark
  • neck bruise
  • suction mark

love bite

The term 'love bite' is correct and commonly used to refer to a mark on the skin caused by kissing or sucking.

It is used informally to describe the mark left on the skin after someone kisses or sucks on it.

Examples:

  • She had a love bite on her arm.
  • He gave her a love bite on her shoulder.
  • The love bite was quite dark.
  • She covered the love bite with makeup.
  • He was embarrassed about the love bite.
  • Raymond gave me a love bite.
  • Did one of the boys give that love bite... or was my mother?
  • Was it Curtis who gave you that love bite on your neck.

Alternatives:

  • hickey
  • kiss mark
  • passion mark
  • neck bruise
  • suction mark

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