Originally posted by NordlysDo I foresee the return of zak's dancer avatar?
I think some people might like today's Weird and Wonderful Word:
callipygian
an adjective meaning 'having shapely buttocks.' The term comes from Greek
words meaning 'beauty' and 'buttocks'; a related word is steatopygia, used
to refer to the accumulation of large amounts of fat on the buttocks.
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Originally posted by NordlysYea, I'm probably making a fool of myself again for showing how little I remember from grammar in school. But an adjective is something descriptive, right? Blue, red, tall, short and so on? So, I should be able to say she has a callipygian bottom, but the description says that callipygian means 'having shapely buttocks'. Then, how do I use the word? Do I say "she's callipygian"? What?
I think some people might like today's Weird and Wonderful Word:
callipygian
an adjective meaning 'having shapely buttocks.' The term comes from Greek
words meaning 'beauty' and 'buttocks'; a related word is steatopygia, used
to refer to the accumulation of large amounts of fat on the buttocks.
(Erin's Weird and Wonderful Word of the Day, http://www.us.oup.com/us/subscriptions/subscribe/?view=usa )
And to describe my sister, do I say: she's steatopygia?
Originally posted by stockenYou could use one word in discribing one cheek, the other word to discribe the opposite cheek.
Yea, I'm probably making a fool of myself again for showing how little I remember from grammar in school. But an adjective is something descriptive, right? Blue, red, tall, short and so on? So, I should be able to say she has a callipygian bottom, but the description says that callipygian means 'having shapely buttocks'. Then, how do I use the word? D ...[text shortened]... say "she's callipygian"? What?
And to describe my sister, do I say: she's steatopygia?
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Originally posted by Moldy Crow[Edit 3: I am a callipygian baby. The little ladybabies go crazy over me. Too bad I have to wear this diaper all the time. It hides my one and only favorable trade. No little callipygian ladybabies will look at me now.]
You could use one word in discribing one cheek, the other word to discribe the opposite cheek.
Originally posted by stockenYour sister is a callipygian Venus. You could say she has a callipygian bottom if her bottom had a bottom (and a nice one). "Steatopygia", on the other hand, is a noun. You could say that your sister has steatopygia. But if she is callipygian, she probably doesn't have steatopygia, unless you are into fat bottoms.
Yea, I'm probably making a fool of myself again for showing how little I remember from grammar in school. But an adjective is something descriptive, right? Blue, red, tall, short and so on? So, I should be able to say she has a callipygian bottom, but the description says that callipygian means 'having shapely buttocks'. Then, how do I use the word? D ...[text shortened]... say "she's callipygian"? What?
And to describe my sister, do I say: she's steatopygia?
Wakarimasu ka?
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Originally posted by NordlysHai, Wakaramasi!
Your sister is a callipygian Venus. You could say she has a callipygian bottom if her bottom had a bottom (and a nice one). "Steatopygia", on the other hand, is a noun. You could say that your sister has steatopygia. But if she is callipygian, she probably doesn't have steatopygia, unless you are into fat bottoms.
Wakarimasu ka?
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Sumima-sen. Wakarimasu.
