Posted on 05/19/2016 8:55:33 PM PDT by tioga
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
Embonpoint
Noun
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Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Roll Call.
Friday, May 20, 2016. Yikes it’s still Thursday the 19th. I am really early with this one.
I’ll be sleeping in!
I’ve been enbompoint so long it’s hard to imagine when the waistline was 32 inches
I believe it’s a noun
Sorry. I thought it meant fat.
I looked again and it can indeed be used as an adjective.
And you’re right, it does mean fat. Loan word taken from the French phrase ‘en bon point’, in good condition
Apparently a lot of women take embonpoint a bit too far:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3432169/posts
I had a obese roommate who was admired by some Jamaicans. One of them said, “Where can I find me a woman like that?” They maybe equate it with health, or something.
My roommate was actually quite feminine, in spite of her weight. She had no trouble attracting guys.
I could go on a diet, but what’s the embonpoint??? :-P
He stood in France, and looked towards Moscow - scene of his future defeat. And to the deaths of over 100,000 of his fellow French soldiers, he drew his sword emnapoledupoint “East!” he ordered.
Not over here ... 13:15 right now.
An ugly picture I paint
But please hold your complaint
Yes it rankles
To consider cankles
But Hillary’s define embonpoint
cute
Excess Au Bon Pain is a primary cause of XXXL Embonpoint among the Kardashian-Winfrey-Wookie set, not the misuse of construction sealant.
A haiku:
If you needlepoint
Both hands are busy which helps
One avoid embonpoint.
Clever. A+++
We are supersized. A++
Butt Hillary’s defines embonpoint.
Fixed it. LOL A++++
Nice history lesson. A+++
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