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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? #189559 02/25/2010 2:31 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3 CaseyJ747 stranger CaseyJ747 stranger Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3 What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? Can anyone share a reference? ...preferably to a source with photographs or sketches. I ask, because I can find no references, in paper libraries or on the internet. Well, nothing except the following, which is obviously satire. http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Katherine_Harris Or the following, which hints that a bobbed nose is attractive, but gives no reason why. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/13/garden/parent-child.html?pagewanted=1 And the term "bobbed nose" is used in several works of fiction. But further, I vaguely remember the news media discussing a fad, back in the 1960s, for women to get cosmetic surgery, to acquire a bobbed nose. Some tell me that, as best as they can remember, a bobbed nose is simply a shortened or smaller nose, similar to the meaning of the verb bob, "to remove or shorten the tail of an animal". On the other hand, I remember that "bobbed nose" on a woman, seemed to mean in the 1960s, a slight increase in the size of the tip of the nose. Among those of northern European ancestry, this quirky characteristic is often considered attractive. Of course the surgically modified nose in the cartoon of Katherine Harris is an exaggeration, for satiric effect, by the editors of the UNcyclopedia. Casey Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? CaseyJ747 #189577 02/25/2010 11:02 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague A bit upturned, sort of cute especially for kids. But one split millimeter too much and it'll be a cause for regrets. I think Michael Jackson made a try for a bobbed nose. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? BranShea #193325 10/03/2010 6:03 AM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3 CaseyJ747 stranger CaseyJ747 stranger Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3 Perhaps the term "bobbed nose" was a sarcastic way of hinting that cosmetic surgeons were making their patients' noses ridiculously small, which left their patients unattractive because the new nose was too small in proportion to the patient's other features. I offer this guess, since bobbing refers to the removal of part or all of an animal's tail, a drastic change to the animal's appearance and balance. Last edited by CaseyJ747; 10/03/2010 6:10 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? CaseyJ747 #193326 10/03/2010 11:20 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Ah, yes isn't there a human type of haircut called 'bobbed' as well? Fashionable at some time? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? CaseyJ747 #193328 10/03/2010 12:02 PM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Maybe it's the opposite of a 'Roman nose' which is soooo long and straight. Matt Damon has a nice 'bobbed' or button nose. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? #193350 10/04/2010 12:59 PM Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 12 Selma, IN Hal Alexander stranger Hal Alexander stranger Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 12 Selma, IN If it were a British term I'd guess it had to do with the money spent getting the nose shortened. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What, exactly, is a "bobbed nose"? #193351 10/04/2010 3:16 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass monderr, you have rudely spammed us. -ron obvious Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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