"Full Figured"
 

Can a guy be full figured?

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The first time I heard that was on a bra commercial where some old actress said "We full figured gals need more support." She wasn't fat, so I take it as "large breasted."

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I guess, but a man cannot be voluptuous.

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In some contexts I think it means big TITS!! In others it is a euphemism for "fat."

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Depends on context. Sometimes it means this:

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but mostly it means this:

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TM

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Me too. In its original context, this was the "full-figured" gal.

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Same-sexist fuck.

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Beats jackin' off on a beach.

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Spoken like someone who has never experienced a sandy vagina.

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Translation: I fucked paigow.

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Someone who is far too moronic to understand what you have pointed out time and time again about calories in versus calories used.

ncs, if you tire of Mr. Man, I have a 23-y-o for you. Oh, wait, he's too short.

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Yup, good ole Jane Russell. However, I note that, while "full figured" was long ago intended to mean "busty or hourglass" it's been co-opted by the "busty - and also hippy, wiggly, jiggly, etc." and now effectively means "fat."

"Curvy," which was the main replacement for "full figured," is going the same way, thanks in no small part to "Real Women Have Curves," a great movie but one in which the women didn't so much have curves as sphericalness. "Womanly" is up next.

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I liked Real Women have Curves too, but at the same time it drives me bonkers that if you are not fat you are somehow "unreal." Not that I mind being imaginary because of all the magical benefits it provides, but still. Enough of this "real" crap.

"Full Figured"
 

I think the implication was more that the uncurvy are fake than that they are imaginary.

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I support the idea that health care is the government's responsibility. The Bush presidency will long be remembered as the first step toward making this country a third world one.

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I thought those were scabs. But anyway, I am faster than sand.

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I don't know, fringey - there are a lot of fake women with curves out there. It's very misleading.

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If the premise of Collapse (Jared Diamond; great book) is to be believed, his environmental policies are also taking us down that path.

"Full Figured"
 

agreed (see ANS) but really there was no otherworldliness in that movie, where there were ghosts or whatever of skinny women.

In other news, I had dreams about a guy I dated more than half my life ago (and never had sex with) all night and woke up from one of them coming. Nice start to the day -- much better than coming to work to discover that once again we are going to have the discussion of what, exactly, constitutes disgustingly fat.

"Full Figured"
 

Was there a wet spot?

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I know. I was just being silly about the imaginary part.
I am glad you had a good dream.

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No. Jane Russell was a calendar girl. She was not full figured until she was old. And fat. And did the bra commercials. When she was old. And fat.

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No. In reality, I was alone, and nothing was hitting the place that might have resulted in that.

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Can't we blame Jane Russell herself for that? Didn't she - in later years when less hourglassy and more round - tout those Playtex 18-hour monster bras for "full figured gals"? Took any allure right out of the phrase right there.

Hate that "real women" terminology - seems to imply not only what gwnc and ltl/fb said, but also that that is what you should now aspire to.

And I say that as a fake woman with apparently exceedingly minor curves.

New Rule
 

Indeed I do suck. But it's nice to ultimately know that you are still suckier than me. You and your lot are the suckiest bunch of sucks who have ever sucked.

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I hate Bush as much as the next guy, but these "Bush is destroying life as we know it" books are a silly cottage industry. Things go in cycles. There'll be a liberal correction. Pendulums swings, etc...

What won't be cured ever is the cynicism Rove has made acceptable in politics. Just when you thought they couldn't reach new depths...

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"Gal" drains the allure out of even the most seductive phrases.

So, I've started rereading the Dorothy Sayers books I have -- most of which were printed in 60s -- I stole them from my parents a long time ago. I think I'm going to buy the ones I don't have so that I have the whole set. I think it'll be interesting to see the contrast in the cover designs.

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Sweet. I do enjoy mindless bloviation.

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My lot? I have a lot?
Where is this lot?

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Okay. So this coming weekend, I may or may not be involved in certain traditional festivities involving a friend of mine from law school, which may or may not involve me getting up in front of a group of people who may or may not be drunk and speaking about/giving best wishes to said friend and said friend's significant other. Did I mention that the group of people of whom I am speaking may or may not be friends or relatives of my friend and said friend's significant other? Did I also mention that I don't actually know many of these people besides said friend and said friend's significant other?

I am a little rusty in terms of what makes a good speech/best wishes message for such an event, and I'm interested in hearing any suggestions about how this might be as meaningful/painless for everybody as possible.

Did I also mention that I may or may not be drunk by then and I am trying to avoid any catastrophes of Costanzian proportions?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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Hiding in the shade of your full-figured ass.

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The female orgasm is such a better gig. When you're a young guy, having a dream like that involves getting changed afterward, and lots of kleenex. When you're in your 30s, you don't even get those dreams any more.

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Things are looking up for Coltrane! Who knew all this fun was in front of me! I am already anticitipating Wife #2! I hope she has big jugs.

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I am 114 on the internet.

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The book has nothing really to do with Bush. It has to do with the collapse of societies as a result of destruction of their environment. It might have one gratuitous mention of Bush in its 600-odd pages. The commentary was mine. Alas, I made no profit off of it. Perhaps I should write a book.

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Are you over five feet?

"Full Figured"
 

It feels good though, right? And you had them a lot? I've only had this happen a handful of times.

And, on a related note, I'm shocked to hear that you sleep in clothing even though you never wear underwear during the day. My whole image of you has changed.

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I take it more as being directed at the media/fashion industry, and the airbrushing and editing that creates a false image. Like that Jamie Lee Curtis (where is bilmore, anyway?) thing from a few years ago -- where she did a photo spread showing the difference between the original pictures and how they looked post editing. Or the Kate Winslet ass-trimming on the cover of Vogue or whatever.

That being said, I kinda hope that this doesn't devolve into the usual "fat people should be shot" thread that we seem to create here every so often.

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Actually an important theme to Diamond's book (as I read it although I admit I got bored halfway through and put it down and haven't picked it back up) is that it's not too late for us to fix things.

Advice requested.
 

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