English · Word pair Attested 18+

kiss and tell

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Recount sexual exploits.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

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Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

While declaring undying love for me she'd been busy making herself a small fortune giving kiss - and - tell interviews to some tabloid rag. '

As a hugely successful show - biz journalist who pioneered ‘ kiss and tell’ journalism, Trudi chronicled the lives of the rich and famous.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Common questions

What does “kiss and tell” mean?

Recount sexual exploits.

Is “kiss and tell” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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