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Old 10-11-2003, 12:51 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Word of the day October 11

I don't meen to steal the thunder away from JadziaDax but I couldn't resist. I hope I do justice to his series of threads.

The Word of the Day for October 11 is:

Callipygian • ka-l&-'pi-j(E-)&n or cal·li·py·gous • /-'pI-g&s/
Function: (adjective)
Etymology: Greek kallipygos, from kalli- + pygE buttocks
Date: circa 1800
1. Of, having, or pertaining to having a shapely buttocks.

Thomas Pynchon wrote this in 'Gravity's Rainbow': "Those dusky Afro-Scandinavian buttocks, which combine the callipygian rondure observed among the races of the Dark Continent with the taut and noble musculature of sturdy Olaf, our blond Northern cousin".



The Callipygian Venus is a famous statue found in the Museo Nationale in Naples, Italy ("Callipygian Venus"). The Encyclopedia of World Art describes its name as meaning " . . . she who is showing the charms of her uncovered buttocks" ("Sex" 12: 904). And that is exactly what she appears to be doing as she pulls her toga up around her waist to show she isn't even wearing knickers and looks over her shoulder as if to say "you ever seen a set of buttocks that looks any better than this, my friend?" Her vanity is justified as the exposed anatomy proves to be every bit as enticingly and magnificently firm, smooth, round, fresh, young, and succulent looking as could ever be formed by a mere mortal man in a material so unsuitable as the finest marble on Earth (whew) ("Sex" 12: plate 564). In fact, it is such an attractive posterior that this could explain why "callipygian" has become exclusively attached to the feminine gender. While the definition of the word does not exclude males, it has never come to be used in reference to them. The male buttocks do not seem to have the same breadth of cultural meaning to humans as those of the female's. The main social importance of male buttocks has been in the area of administered justice.


Note: this is not to be confused with steatopygous, which is an excessive development of fat on the buttocks that occurs especially among women of the Hottentots and some black peoples.


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Old 10-20-2003, 12:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
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ok... so that didn't go over well. i apologize.
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Old 10-20-2003, 01:26 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I hope I do justice to his series of threads.
#1.
I AM A FEMALE

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Come up with your own original idea.
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