Hey, nice pyge.

[darkemeralds]

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

Wordsmith.Org : The magic of words
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.

Comments

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

Calli-PG-ian - they made a word specially for Paul Gross \o/

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

You read my mind.

:-D

[vchrusch.livejournal.com]

Good word.

[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.

[vchrusch.livejournal.com]

Maybe both in the same tome.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

I notice you thought a Mal icon would be suitable here ...

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Well realistically, any discussion of nice asses would be an appropriate place for a Mal icon.

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

Which was fundamentally my point. :-)

[vchrusch.livejournal.com]

I was trying for the subtle with that icon.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Heh-heh-heh. You said "fundament"

[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!!

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Them apples would be Mallipygian. :-D