What does the old American phrase, "Sparking", mean?

Flirting.

Hinting at romance.

Romancing.

Welcome to Fluther!

Not making out really; it just means to court or woo or pursue someone romantically.

“THERE WILL BE NO SPARKING WHILE YOU ARE FLUTHERING!”

@EnchantingEla and for anyone hoping for a second date, there should probably be no fluthering while sparking. :-)

I had a great reply till I read….. “This question is in the General Section. Responses must be helpful and on-topic.”

LOL carry on ;)

Emit sparks of fire or electricity.

Maybe it’s like “snogging”.

“THERE WILL BE NO SNOGGING WHILE YOU ARE FLUTHERING!”

@Dog said it was Flirting. Hinting at romance. Romancing. (< that’s the one i’m going with @fizzbanger )
oh and the courting or wooing and gooing that @lillycoyote said ; )

It refers to sparking the attention of a woman…as in a fire burning in the heart of a gentleman admirer….its an outdated term…which we now call “hot” :) It’s still the same fire, nonetheless.

He’s new so give him that. He will eventually post them in social to get the most fun out of his questions.

For the answer read the above replies.

How do you know he’s a him @Hibernate? Him may be a her : )

Welcome to Fluther, Kato! ; )

@EnchantingEla usually Kato is a boy’s name. Let’s just ask “it” and we’ll find out. I’ma give you some cookies if you are right ^^

I’m already right. lol I said him may be a her… now gimme dem cookies! ; )

Sorry @augustlan : ( We tried to help and behave but I personally was too weak : (
I also tried moving it to social but the bugger wouldn’t budge

@augustlan since he’s new maybe he didn’t pay to much attention when asking the question or he didn’t knew the difference between general and social. [just sayin]

[mod says] Question has been moved to Social at the request of the asker. Enjoy!

Her is a her @Hibernate!!! Give up the goods dude-ster! ; )

ty @augustlan (me with my halo) -> 0: )

Just for reference sake, Kato is a Lady. ;)

Kato is short for Katoptrizo, it is ancient greek and means: “to reflect as a mirror”

Way to go, @Kato, and there will be no sparking, fluthering, snogging or anything else while multitasking! That would just be too many things!

And Thank you, I am new and glad to be here!

Now what is snogging?

Welcome to Fluther, @Kato, we didn’t mean to go so off-topic on your question, we can just be bad on occasion, we really don’t mean to be, it’s just the way we are sometimes. :-) Thanks for moving it to social!

@lillycoyote my pleasure, you are right this is definitely funner!

Welcome to Fluther, Kato! you may want to keep your eye on @lillycoyote…LOL

I’m not sure what “snogging’ is either. I just Googled it and it is apparently a British expression for kissing and hugging and cuddling, maybe making out, I don’t know. I would definitely want a Brit to weigh in and clarify.

lillycoyote is crafting a response…

wait for it….....wait for it…..... BING!

[i didn’t want to interupt ; )]

@EnchantingEla I thought you were crafting a response! :-) But you were just crafting a response about my crafting a response? That one is echoing all over the internet now and is it deafening!

I am perfectly ok with Brits, you can bring them to me any time… I would love to have a gentlemen Brit weigh in on….my topic (what were you thinking?)

I think “sparking” is definitely an American term but snogging seems to be British.

According to this definition it could maybe mean a number of things.

According to this definition it means passionate kissing.

I think “sparking” is really more courting and doesn’t necessarily involve any physical contact. We need someone from the British Isles to clarify this, the snogging thing, I think. I will try to track one down. :-)

Here is the Beverly Hillbillies episode where Elly Mae get all gussied up in her courtin’ and sparkin’ clothes for her first date. Whoo-eee!
She’s purtier than a plate of baked ‘possum with an apple in its mouth!

“Sparking” is courting. You know, like making sparks to light a fire. :)