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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: pear-shaped #6738 05/21/2001 2:51 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA BY asks : what other objects do peoples bodies get compared to? Piano legs Spindle legs Hourglass figure (built like a )Brick outhouse Then there is also : Ham-fisted! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pear-shaped #6739 05/21/2001 3:36 PM Joined: May 2001 Posts: 28 Saint Louis, MO, US slovovoi newbie slovovoi newbie Joined: May 2001 Posts: 28 Saint Louis, MO, US another example is from Korea: 'mu-dari' -- 'radish legs' Generally directed at women (though not always), and never complimentary. It bears mentioning that mu are not the tiny red radishes that commonly are grown in the US, but one of the (for lack of a better term from a USn perspective) Asian radishes, often sold as 'daikon' (which is Japanese). [note the ill-conceived and ill-obscured attempt at redirecting this thread to subjects less offal] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pear-shaped #6740 05/21/2001 7:52 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Mutton chops-- for men-- and in clothing-- mutton leg sleeves... cauliflower ears-- fingers like sausages-- oh-- is this just an other food thread?-- lets Depend on Rod to get things Napiform.... my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pear-shaped #6741 05/22/2001 9:31 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom rodward addict rodward addict Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom cauliflower ears-- fingers like sausages-- oh-- is this just an other food thread?-- lets Depend on Rod to get things Napiform.... sorry to disappoint you Helen, but I'll stay with the food theme, now you Girls have started it [duck emoticon], and only slightly down hill, with Cheesecake and Beefcake which give an indication of body shape. And away from pear shaped and food we have wasp waisted. Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pear-shaped #6742 05/22/2001 5:46 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i was read a description of someone (they were describing them selves) as being shaped like a barrel on piano legs-- the auther has slipped away-- but the vivid description lives on in my memory-- it was in an autobiography -- a man who went blind in his early teens-- and went on to a successful career as college professor-- and writer.. i read it my teens-- (circa mid 60's) any one remember it? He went to school in NYC (a school for the blind in the bronx) it was interesting because I knew the man by sight--he often took the local subway-- and i had often seen him. then suddenly-- here he was a famous author! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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