Port or Stout?

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Port or Stout? #133158 09/17/2004 4:14 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah
dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK	A UK radio advertisement for men�s suits uses the word �portly�, not a commonly used word these days. Portly ~ adjective: 1. slightly overweight 2. having an air of grandeur ( archaic ) 15th century. Formed from port in the sense of �bearing, manner.� The second meaning is new to me but perhaps explains why the word seems to be applied exclusively to men, since in the 15th Century I guess women were not considered capable of having an air of grandeur!

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Port or Stout?	dxb	09/17/2004 4:14 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	belMarduk	09/17/2004 6:14 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	Father Steve	09/17/2004 7:06 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	of troy	09/17/2004 7:37 PM
Re: potent potables	Jackie	09/18/2004 12:46 AM
Re: Port or Stout?	Wordwind	09/18/2004 9:37 AM
Re: Port or Stout?	of troy	09/18/2004 2:17 PM
women of a certain age	Jackie	09/18/2004 2:57 PM
Re: women of a certain age	Wordwind	09/18/2004 5:21 PM
Re: glow	wow	09/19/2004 1:51 PM
Re: glow	AnnaStrophic	09/19/2004 3:23 PM
Re: glow	Wordwind	09/19/2004 5:17 PM
Re: glow	Buffalo Shrdlu	09/19/2004 5:24 PM
Re: glow	Faldage	09/19/2004 6:21 PM
Re: glow	Wordwind	09/19/2004 10:07 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	Wordwind	09/18/2004 5:19 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	wsieber	09/20/2004 5:04 AM
Re: Port or Stout?	dxb	09/20/2004 4:06 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	belMarduk	09/20/2004 4:07 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	dxb	09/20/2004 4:13 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	jheem	09/20/2004 4:25 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	Wordwind	09/20/2004 7:32 PM
Re: Portly, rubanesque, matronly	Bobyoungbalt	09/21/2004 1:40 AM
Re: Port or Stout?	amnow	09/22/2004 11:56 PM
Re: portly stately matronly	Wordwind	09/23/2004 12:01 AM
Re: portly stately matronly	belMarduk	09/23/2004 12:07 PM
Re: Port or Stout?	grapho	09/25/2004 5:55 PM

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