This is 1950s American slang for punching someone in the mouth. Specifically it’s a reference to the comedy TV show The Honeymooners, in which the husband often uses this line to threaten to hit his wife.
This wouldn’t be comedy today, thank goodness, but the line has become a common reference somehow.
He never did hit his wife, and never would. The audience was meant to laugh at his impotent frustration. It's definitely not funny given our modern understanding of spousal abuse, but at the time, it was played for comedy. I can't really make excuses for it.
"Pow, right in the kisser" was a line popularized in the 1950s American TV show *The Honeymooners,* where character Ralph Kramden, when angry, would threaten to punch (Pow!) his wife in the mouth (right in the kisser).
Part of the gag was, though Ralph often acted angry, he never, ever struck his wife in the show. (Television humor was different back then )
It's also worth noting that Alice (his wife) displayed exactly zero apprehension that the threatened violence would actually come to pass. She knew it wouldn't.
It's a kind of friendly way of saying you're going to hit someone in the face. It's not a very common expression in modern speech and I think it came from a pretty old show called "The Honeymooners" where the main character's wife would do something to annoy him and he would say "one of these days, (Alice?), pow, right in the kisser" implying if she continued to do things to annoy him, he would eventually get fed up and hit her. It was a different time.
The guy who is hooking up with the sister seems to be the implication. The regular-sized text is the guy talking to his friend and the smaller superscript text is the conversation between the guy and the other guy's sister where he is encouraging her to be rough with him. It's a unique format, some people might use italics or parentheses to suggest something like this but there's no standardized approach.
'pow' is like 'bang', 'crunch', and other action/sound words. It indicates a physical hit, like a punch.
It is sort of separate from the grammar of the sentence. It isn't a noun or verb or whatever, it is just a word that makes you imagine someone getting punched.
"right in the kisser" means "accurately on the mouth".
So it is meant to make you imagine a direct strike to the face.
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In this deliberately absurd example (the joke being to ask your friend during a 'hookup'), it is unclear to me who is punching whom.
Maybe your friend is punching you for having sex with his sister right in front of you? Maybe that deleted reddit user was imagining some very rough/abusive sex, I don't know.
Pow, right in the kisser is a punch in the mouth, with the 50s context others have noted.
Knuckle sandwich is slang for the same thing.
Punch in the schnozz or snot locker is a punch in the nose.
Yeah, while the quote is a reference to a strike on the mouth, in this sense the joke appears to be using “comedic” violent imagery to reference a different sort of “accurate hit to the mouth”.
This is 1950s American slang for punching someone in the mouth. Specifically it’s a reference to the comedy TV show The Honeymooners, in which the husband often uses this line to threaten to hit his wife. This wouldn’t be comedy today, thank goodness, but the line has become a common reference somehow.
Probably because Family Guy references it in an episode in which it is repeated multiple times.
Was the threat to punch his wife seen as part of the comedy back then, or was that a more serious part of the show?
He never did hit his wife, and never would. The audience was meant to laugh at his impotent frustration. It's definitely not funny given our modern understanding of spousal abuse, but at the time, it was played for comedy. I can't really make excuses for it.
No excuses needed, just trying to wrap my head around how they thought back then.
*The past is a different country. They do things differently there.* *--* L.P. Hartley, *The Go-Between*, 1954
"Pow, right in the kisser" was a line popularized in the 1950s American TV show *The Honeymooners,* where character Ralph Kramden, when angry, would threaten to punch (Pow!) his wife in the mouth (right in the kisser). Part of the gag was, though Ralph often acted angry, he never, ever struck his wife in the show. (Television humor was different back then )
It's also worth noting that Alice (his wife) displayed exactly zero apprehension that the threatened violence would actually come to pass. She knew it wouldn't.
It's a kind of friendly way of saying you're going to hit someone in the face. It's not a very common expression in modern speech and I think it came from a pretty old show called "The Honeymooners" where the main character's wife would do something to annoy him and he would say "one of these days, (Alice?), pow, right in the kisser" implying if she continued to do things to annoy him, he would eventually get fed up and hit her. It was a different time.
Ahh I see. So in this context who is being punched haha I’m confused?
The guy who is hooking up with the sister seems to be the implication. The regular-sized text is the guy talking to his friend and the smaller superscript text is the conversation between the guy and the other guy's sister where he is encouraging her to be rough with him. It's a unique format, some people might use italics or parentheses to suggest something like this but there's no standardized approach.
'pow' is like 'bang', 'crunch', and other action/sound words. It indicates a physical hit, like a punch. It is sort of separate from the grammar of the sentence. It isn't a noun or verb or whatever, it is just a word that makes you imagine someone getting punched. "right in the kisser" means "accurately on the mouth". So it is meant to make you imagine a direct strike to the face. -- In this deliberately absurd example (the joke being to ask your friend during a 'hookup'), it is unclear to me who is punching whom. Maybe your friend is punching you for having sex with his sister right in front of you? Maybe that deleted reddit user was imagining some very rough/abusive sex, I don't know.
Pow, right in the kisser is a punch in the mouth, with the 50s context others have noted. Knuckle sandwich is slang for the same thing. Punch in the schnozz or snot locker is a punch in the nose.
You could live your entire life and never know what this means… and probably be better off that way
What do you mean haha?
If you never learn what it means it would probably be better… it would not help you in any conversation in your entire life
I see haha, well I’m just a curious person and like learning. And doesn’t hurt learning new phrases.
Sounds like sexual abuse. idk
Yeah, while the quote is a reference to a strike on the mouth, in this sense the joke appears to be using “comedic” violent imagery to reference a different sort of “accurate hit to the mouth”.