Bises

Goodbye waves, musical phrases, infants' bouts of babbling and gesturing, and the French "bises" -- a greeting kiss on each cheek -- all last about three seconds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

On the surface, it will be smiles and "bises" - kisses - but even before their hastily arranged meeting in Berlin, the two leaders were clearly not singing from the same songsheet. ❋ Kim Willsher (2011)

"Are we at war again?" one French mum asked after giving the traditional Gallic bises, pecks on each cheek. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They should also present their face to give and receive "bises" pecks on the cheek when prompted, even to strangers. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Bonne semaine et grosses bises à tous! gribouillé par outre mesure le étiquettes: photo à moi, sagesse ronrons: ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bonne semaine et grosses bises à tous! gribouillé par outre mesure le ronrons étiquettes: photo à moi, sagesse ❋ Unknown (2008)

There is nothing worse than long lines, waiting and bureaucrats who donnes les bises before, during and after every task… ❋ Unknown (2005)

When we meet, let's just keep it to the bises and we'll keep our left hands to ourselves. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Et en Belgique, on en fait 2, les trois bises sont reservées aux anniversaires… ❋ Unknown (2004)

I actually like les bises as a principle, along with the sometimes buttock-clenchingly limp handshakes between men. ❋ Unknown (2004)

To add to the general confusion: I remember a poshy and slighty snobbish male friend telling me that more than 2 bises were characteristic of “province” or, worse, “paisants” and that, generally speaking, the less bises, the higher on the social ladder. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I agree with Petite, our Childminder, as close as she may be, only ever got bises at Christmas while she was looking after the kids. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Bises on arrival, bises at midnight and bises before leaving. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Here in Rennes, it is usually 2 bises with the right cheek offered first. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It took me about 3 years to begin exchanging bises with an Irish friend, despite both of us being fully at ease with other French people. ❋ Unknown (2004)

· War wounds, animal and human bises should not be sutured. ❋ Unknown (1989)

Inconceivable, too, in Edinburgh, the place beside it, where behind plate glass walls, curtained with flimsy _brise-bises_ that were as a ground mist, men and women ate and drank under strong lights with a divine shamelessness. ❋ Rebecca West (1937)

This week, the press captured a photo showing Merkel giving Sarkozy "the bises" - kisses on both cheeks, as is French tradition - as she greeted him in Paris on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I'm so [glad] i've [found] my Bises ! ❋ Bigchongus (2020)

When [Claudia] met Emily at [the cafe], they used La Bise to [greet] one another. ❋ TheTemplarGeneral (2015)

Damn look at Bises, [truly] is [a fat] [fuck] ❋ 2TwinGlocks (2022)

Guy 1: Bro David is so [bised]. Guy 2: I know right, yesterday he was so [based] but now he's so [cringe] ❋ RealBinguslover (2022)