Oh great. I've forgotten what it's like to be in love, loving, loved. Or to have Russia-sized yet secret crushes on just about any valentine-worthy body that stumbled, unluckily, into my path. Now I catch myself casting quizzical glances at lovers, wondering why, why all that fuss as they buss and purr, cocooned in a private world that seems suddenly too foreign.

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buss: Buss (b[u^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bussed (b[u^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Bussing.] To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. "Nor bussed the milking maid.'' --Tennyson. "Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss." --Herrick. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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