In one key scene in the movie, Radar catches Margaret and Frank being intimate in the supply tent. Acting under orders from the Swamp men Hawkeye, Duke and Trapper, Radar bugs the tent and hooks the microphone up to the camp PA system, where Margaret and Frank's shenanigans are broadcast all over camp. During the incident we hear Margaret telling Frank to "kiss my hot lips!" And this becomes the basis for her nickname. Although when when we're watching the scene it's clear she's not talking about her mouth! But this more explicit connotation was lost in the more censored television version of MASH; in the show when they say "Hot Lips" they are clearly talking about her mouth! Also there were a couple real life prototypes for Margaret. One was the 8055th Charge Nurse Ruth Dixon. Another one was a camp nurse named "Hot Lips Hammerly". So Hot Lips in M*A*S*H (1970) and MASH (1972) was named after a real nurse named Hot Lips.

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