A kiss-me-quick hat is a British seaside novelty hat, typically bearing the words "Kiss me quick" or "Kiss me quick, squeeze me slow".[1][2] Culturally, The Daily Telegraph describes them as "one step up from a knotted handkerchief".[1]

Rhyming slang and derivative terms

"Kiss me quick" has been used as rhyming slang for "prick".[3] Also used as an -ism as in "kiss-me-kwik seaside towns." - describing "cheap, dated, seaside towns" according to Partridge.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "How to have a very British day at the seaside, in pictures". The Telegraph. 17 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Great British seaside museum collections come together for Seaside Heritage project | Culture24".
  3. 1 2 Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (26 June 2015). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. pp. 1332–. ISBN 978-1-317-37252-3.
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