Making out (English Wikipedia)

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Bolin, Anne (1999). Perspectives on Human Sexuality. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-7914-4133-4. Making out usually refers to kissing or passionate physical contact, but it also may escalate into petting.
Partridge, Eric (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. New York: Routledge. p. 1259. ISBN 0-415-25938-X.
"Petting Parties at Theatres Blushingful Aweful - She Says". Variety. 88 (7). New York City: Variety, Inc.: 1, 31 August 31, 1927. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
Breines, Wini (2001). Young, White, and Miserable: Growing Up Female in the Fifties. University of Chicago Press. pp. 117–118. ISBN 0-226-07261-4.
Weigel, Moira (2016). Labor of Love. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9780374182533.
Lafollette, Hugh (2002). Ethics in Practice. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 243. ISBN 0-631-22834-9. "making out," which can comprise a rather wide variety of activities
Crownover, Richard (2005). Making out in English. Boston: Tuttle Publishing. p. 4. ISBN 0-8048-3681-7. "Making out," used in the title of this book is a colloquialism that can mean engaging in sexual intercourse, ...
From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century by Mansour, David. (2005) ISBN 978-0740751189. p.110

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McArthur, Judith N; Smith, Harold L (2010). Texas Through Women's Eyes: The Twentieth-Century Experience. University of Texas Press. pp. 104–05. ISBN 9780292778351. The spirit of the petting party is light and frivolous. Its object is not marriage – only a momentary thrill. It completely gives the lie to those sweet, old phrases, "the only man" and "the only girl". For where there used to be only one girl there may be a score of them now.
Drowne, Kathleen Morgan; Huber, Patrick (2004). The 1920s. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 45. ISBN 9780313320132.
Nelson, Lawrence J (2003). Rumors of Indiscretion. University of Missouri Press. p. 39. ISBN 9780826262905..
Bragdon, Claude (2007). Delphic Woman. Cosimo. pp. 45–46. ISBN 9781596054301..
Havemann, Ernest. "The Kinsey Report on Women" Life magazine (August 24, 1953)

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Olsen, Hannah Brooks (September 28, 2015). "How to Hook Up in Public". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

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Breed, Warren (1956). "Sex, Class and Socialization in Dating". Marriage and Family Living. 18 (2): 137–144. doi:10.2307/348638. ISSN 0885-7059. JSTOR 348638.

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O'Connell, Jennifer (December 15, 2014). "Don't mind us: Jennifer O'Connell on the marvels of Hiberno-English". The Irish Times. Retrieved October 26, 2017.

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Breed, Warren (1956). "Sex, Class and Socialization in Dating". Marriage and Family Living. 18 (2): 137–144. doi:10.2307/348638. ISSN 0885-7059. JSTOR 348638.

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Lindeke, Bill (September 17, 2015). "The unwritten rules of making out in parks". MinnPost. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

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Weeks, Linton (June 26, 2015). "When 'Petting Parties' Scandalized The Nation". NPR. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
Weeks, Linton (May 26, 2015). "When 'Petting Parties' Scandalized The Nation". National Public Radio. National Public Radio, Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

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- Staff (February 17, 1922). "Mothers Complain that Modern Girls 'Vamp' Their Sons at Petting Parties". The New York Times.

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"Heavy petting - definition of heavy petting in English from the Oxford dictionary". Archived from the original on December 19, 2012.

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Olsen, Hannah Brooks (September 28, 2015). "How to Hook Up in Public". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
"Heavy petting - definition of heavy petting in English from the Oxford dictionary". Archived from the original on December 19, 2012.

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Breed, Warren (1956). "Sex, Class and Socialization in Dating". Marriage and Family Living. 18 (2): 137–144. doi:10.2307/348638. ISSN 0885-7059. JSTOR 348638.

Making out (English Wikipedia)

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