Thursday, April 23, 2009

buxom. or not.

Main Entry: buxom
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bosomy
Synonyms: ample, built, busty, chubby, comely, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, full-figured, healthy, hearty, lusty, plump, robust, shapely, stacked, voluptuous, well-made, well-proportioned, well-rounded, zaftig
Antonyms: flat, petite, small

see that bit at the end? you got it! and i know it is an alphabetized list, but still, does flat really have to be first? must it be there at all?

let's investigate that entry, shall we?

Main Entry: flat
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: level, smooth
Synonyms: collapsed, complanate, decumbent, deflated, depressed, empty, even, extended, fallen, flush, horizontal, laid low, low, oblate, outstretched, pancake*, planar, planate, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, punctured, reclining, recumbent, splay, spread out, supine, tabular, unbroken


i'm liking pancake*. and after that list, i completely understand depressed and deflated. thank you Thesaurus.com. as if the world wasn't full enough of big boobied women stuffed under my nose on television or in various other media venues, now i get to read about them during my studies. look at this! even the less physical entry lends itself to a poor reflection of self:

Main Entry: flat
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dull, lackluster to the senses
Synonyms: banal, blah, bland, blind, boring, colorless, dead, dim, drab, draggy, flavorless, ho hum, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, lead balloon, lifeless, matte, monotonous, muted, pointless, prosaic, prosy, sapless, spiritless, stale, tasteless, tedious, uninteresting, unpalatable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla*, vapid, watery, weak, whitebread
Antonyms: bubbly, effervescent, sharp


we start off grandly with dull and move right along to some winners:
banal, blah, bland, and boring. how about stale? or tedious? and vanilla*? i don't even like vanilla, thank you.

oh! let's make sure to get that last line in. we non-buxomettes are definitely not
bubbly, effervescent, or sharp!

and to think, i was just looking up a synonym for plump.

1 comment:

  1. Don't worry, some people like little things... especially when they're cute and fruity.

    But you already knew that, huh?

    ;)

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