Meanings
- no pluralslangA kiss between partners who are upside-down relative to each other.
Finn was still upside down and facing her, so he decided to give her a Spider-Man kiss.
2017, Bruce Rousseau, The Art of Gravity, Dark Teal Press5 more examples
“Spider-Man kiss?” I leaned down, and she leaned up. It was pretty strange, kissing upside down like that, and before long she was giggling against my lips.
2016, Lindsay Ribar, Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, Kathy Dawson Books, →ISBN, page 207Alain leans over me, like he’s going to give me a Spider-Man kiss, but he just preens.
2017, Erica Kudisch, Don’t Feed the Trolls, Riptide Publishing, →ISBN, page 73For another, “The Rainy Day Women” brings together the core four, with Seth and Summer adorably sharing a Spider-Man kiss.
2020 June 12, Ross Bonaime, “Every Episode of The O.C., Ranked”, in Paste, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2020His smile grew warmer, and leaning over the edge of the seat, he and Penny shared a deep, upside down kiss. A Spider-Man kiss.
2021, Ruth Hanson, Blood in the Golden Palace, JMS Books LLC, →ISBNCadence pushed herself up, dusted off her latest existential crisis, and tried to forget that Matt’s upsidedown face was the stuff of Spider-Man-kiss dreams.
2022, Julie Tieu, Circling Back to You, Avon, →ISBN
Origin
After a scene in the 2002 film Spider-Man where such a kiss took place.
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