kiss and cry

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kiss and cry

  1. (idiomatic, figure skating, sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively)) The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.
    • 1994 Feb. 24, Mike Rowbottom, "Winter Olympics / Ice Skating," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 201 Feb 2014):
      Harding had seemed physically discomfited earlier as she awaited her marks in the kiss and cry corner.
    • 2001 October 23, Mark Starr, “Starr Gazing: Kwan's Big Breakup”, in Newsweek, retrieved 21 February 2014:
      The seating area where skaters wait for the judges' scores is called the "kiss and cry" for good reason.
    • 2010 February 21, Juliet Macur, “After Skating, a Unique Olympic Event: Crying”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 February 2014:
      With cameras in their faces, figure skaters awaiting their scores in the kiss-and-cry area offer a scene unlike any other.
    • 2014 February 8, “Canadian pairs finish second in free skate, but Russia leads by 6 in team event”, in Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, retrieved 21 February 2014:
      The deafening crowd . . . chanted and stomped their feet when Stolbova and Klimov came on the ice and Canada's pairs skaters were still sitting in the kiss and cry waiting for their scores.

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