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I thought I'd share today's A Word A Day entry. You never know when you're gonna need a word like this.

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A Word A Day with Anu Garg

callipygian
PRONUNCIATION: (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-uhn)

MEANING:
adjective: Having well-shaped buttocks.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek calli- (beautiful) + pyge (buttocks).

USAGE:
"And it hasn't been lost on modern film directors that a nice set of tights can showcase the callipygian assets of a well-formed leading man."
Heroes in Hosiery; South China Morning Post (Hong Kong); Jul 20, 2006.
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11/7/08 16:32 (UTC)
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Posted by [identity profile] lamentables.livejournal.com
Calli-PG-ian - they made a word specially for Paul Gross \o/

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11/7/08 17:56 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] emeraldsedai.livejournal.com
You read my mind.

:-D

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11/7/08 19:04 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] emeraldsedai.livejournal.com
Yes, I thought so. I'm sure there's a bodice-ripper novel somewhere with a main character called Callipygia.

Or, you know, Callipygius.

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12/7/08 08:22 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] kispexi2.livejournal.com
I notice you thought a Mal icon would be suitable here ...

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12/7/08 16:09 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] emeraldsedai.livejournal.com
Well realistically, any discussion of nice asses would be an appropriate place for a Mal icon.

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12/7/08 16:13 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] kispexi2.livejournal.com
Which was fundamentally my point. :-)

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12/7/08 19:26 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] vchrusch.livejournal.com
I was trying for the subtle with that icon.

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12/7/08 23:06 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] emeraldsedai.livejournal.com
Heh-heh-heh. You said "fundament"

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11/7/08 19:45 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] vampirefan.livejournal.com
interesting word...and damn but you picked the perfect icon! ever since he asked if we liked "them apples" i've thought that they were definitely well-shaped!!

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11/7/08 19:50 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] emeraldsedai.livejournal.com
Them apples would be Mallipygian. :-D

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