callipygian -- Of or pertaining to, or having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks. The name of a famous statue of Venus. From Greek kallos, beauty, and pyg, buttocks.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1893
[From: Jeffrey Kacirk Forgotten English 2008 Calendar: A Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore
]Enjoy spring and all its beauty,
Bp
9 comments:
oh that stirs in me the need to practice the "portland cup"!
isn't it easier to just say "Nice Ass" ???
I love these
Damn! You beat me to it. I knew when I tore off yesterday's page that this word would catch your attention, BP.
LOL CtheG -- hurray for inside jokes!
Tate, easier but so much less classy -- ya know.
Estu, how well you know me.
I see campus life hasn't changed much...va momma
Shouldn't this be classified in OGOC?!
You are absolutely right sir.
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OH!! I can't believe I missed this post.
This has been my official favorite word in the English language for about 10 years now.
It always reminds me of an old Rodney Dangerfield joke:
"There are breastmen. There are legmen. And then there are assmen. I must be an assman because everywhere I go people shout, 'Hey, you're an ass, man!'"
Excellent quote sir :-)
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