kissed (pun unintended) and made up?

English translation: forgave one another/were once again on good terms with one another

02:45 Oct 26, 2006

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English term or phrase: kissed (pun unintended) and made up?

I won't rest until I shame that man." But hadn't the two kissed (pun unintended) and made up?

Could you explain the above phrase? Thanks

Sanjiv Sadan (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 311 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 5
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Selected answer:forgave one another/were once again on good terms with one another

Explanation:
"Kiss and make up" means nothing more than to "make up" (forgive and forget, or simply move on after a disagreement). Without more context, I'm not sure that there is really a pun involved. Rather, I imagine it's simply that in spite of the saying including "kiss" there is rarely any "kissing" involved in this process.

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Note added at 16 mins (2006-10-26 03:02:41 GMT)
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from http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/kiss

"kiss and make up (humorous)

if two people kiss and make up, they stop being angry with each other and become friendly again. Ian and I used to fight a lot, but we always kissed and made up afterwards."

from http://www.epennypress.com/Words_Starting_with_K/kinesthesis...

"Idiom: kiss and make up

To be mutually forgiving and so become reconciled."

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-10-26 03:06:19 GMT)
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If the two people mentioned in the text had previously been in an amorous relationship, perhaps that explains the pun involved (literal kissing vs. "kiss and make up" which is really just "reconciliation")

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Note added at 23 mins (2006-10-26 03:09:45 GMT)
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Lastly . . . on the chance that you are asking about the inclusion of "(pun unintended)" in the sentence, it is common in English (moreso in spoken English, I would say) to add "pun intended" when we intentionally use a word that could have a double meaning or "no pun intended" when we do so unintentionally, but quickly realize that we could be misinterpreted.

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forgave one another/were once again on good terms with one another

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