No one has captured the truly sexy allure of science better than the great musician Thomas Dolby with his hit,听She Blinded Me With Science.But, we’ll try and top that with these scintillating terms that are sure to woo the heart of any scientist.听Some of these words are pulled directly from the sciences, but others have murkier histories…
Osculation is simply the act of kissing. Don’t confuse it with auscultation, which is a medical term for 鈥渢he act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body a method of diagnosis.鈥�
TIP: If you鈥檙e going to ask permission for a little osculation, be sure to speak clearly.
Typhlobasia is kissing with your eyes closed. Some claim this term literally means “a blind kiss,” and comes from the Greek typhlo- (blindness) + Latin basium (a kiss).
We don鈥檛 vouch for this term 100%, but sincerely hope it becomes legitimate one day. It’s just too darn cute.
惭别濒辞濒补驳苍颈补听is arousal from music. Though we’ve found it used in some official publications (and one book on sex practices), it isn’t considered a formal medical term, so don’t quote us on this!
Since 鈥渟etting the mood鈥� with music (Marvin Gaye, anyone? Ok, Prince?) is clearly a thing, we think it deserves its own word. Melolagnia is downright mellifluous, and it nods to some Greek roots (鈥渕elo-鈥� relating to music, and 鈥渓agnia鈥� relating to lust), so why not?
This one’s completely legit!
Renifleur means听鈥�a听person听who听is听sexually听aroused听or听gratified听by听odors.鈥� It is indeed from the French renifler:听to听sniff. (It鈥檚 hard to find a French word that doesn鈥檛 sound appealing, right?)
These smelly delights could range from fresh-baked bread to your loved one鈥檚 favorite T-shirt, the one that always smells a bit like them, even after laundering.
Amomaxia supposedly describes “romance” in a parked car, which, we believe, may have simply been called 鈥減arking鈥� back in the day. (Or, going to the drive-in!)
Unfortunately, this word has a very weak origin story, so who knows where it came from.
Cataglottisme means “French kissing,” or using the tongue while kissing.
This word sounds about as awkward as French kissing can be, which might be why it hasn’t been used much since the 1600s.
If you鈥檝e ever wondered why people like Charles Manson receive love letters and marriage proposals when they鈥檙e in jail, or even on death row, chalk it up to hybristophilia, the act of being drawn to or romantically aroused by someone who has committed an outrageous crime.
This is also known as 鈥淏onnie and Clyde Syndrome,鈥� which makes sense听once you鈥檝e seen Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway together on the screen in the 1967 film of the same name.
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