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the minimum viable makeout, romantic version of a participation trophy.
means the first level of physical intimacy in the classic baseball metaphor for relationship progress, usually kissing.
from american slang from the mid-1900s that mapped baseball's four bases onto romantic milestones, letting teenagers discuss hookups in code their parents pretended not to understand.
metaphor systemfour bases, one metaphorical home run
vaguenessnobody agrees where second base starts
cultural exportused in countries with no baseball tradition